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Simrad ES70

Fish nding echo sounder

Fishndingechosounder

Thismanualprovidesyouwithreferenceinformation requiredtooperateandfullyunderstandthecommands, menus,operationalmodes,optionsandinterfacesprovided bytheSimradES70Fishndingechosounder.The contentsofthisreferencemanualisalsoavailableascontext sensitiveon-linehelpontheechosoundersystem.Foruser informationinbrief,refertotheSimradES70Operator manual.

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Aboutthismanual

Thepurposeofthismanual

Thepurposeofthismanualistoprovidethedescriptions,proceduresanddetailed parameterexplanationsrequiredtoallowforsafeandefcientuseoftheSimradES70 Fishndingechosoundersystem,aswellasathoroughunderstandingofthesystem parametersandadjustments.

Click“Help”!

InstalledonyourSimradES70Fishndingechosounderyouwillndacomprehensive on-linehelpsystem.Y oumaynotnditinyourlanguage,buteverythingyoucanread intheES70Referencemanualcanalsobefoundinthecontextsensitiveon-linehelp.To accessthisinformationclick[?]ontheTitleBar,orthe[?]buttoninoneofthedialogs. Notethatwhenyouopenthehelpsystemitwillplaceitselfonthetopoftheechogram!

Softwareversion

Thismanualcompliestoechosoundersoftwareversion1.0.0.

Note

WindowsNT,Windows2000,WindowsXP ,WindowsVista,Windows7andWindowsare eitherregisteredtrademarksortrademarksofMicrosoftCorporationintheUnitedStates and/orothercountries.

References

ThefollowingusermanualshavebeenprovidedfortheSimradES70Fishndingecho sounder.EnglishmanualsareprovidedwiththeES70whenitisshipped.Manualsin otherlanguagesmaybedownloadedfromw

w w . s i m r a d . c o m .

•SimradES70Referencemanual[338106]

•SimradES70Operatormanual[343522]

•SimradES70Installationmanual[343539]

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ThepurposeofthischapteristoprovideanoveralldescriptionoftheES70Fishnding echosoundersystemanditsmainfeatures.

Topics

•Importantonpage10

•Systemoverviewonpage11

•Wavepropagationonpage14

•Bottomechoonpage15

•Split-beamoperationonpage16

•Observationrangeonpage17

Important

Aswithallotheradvancedinstruments,thereareafewimportantthingsthatyoumustbe awareof.

Whentheechosounderisnotused

WhenyoudonotusetheES70,switchoffthedisplayandthecomputer.Youmayswitch ofthetransceivertoo.

Whendockingyourvessel

ItisveryimportantthatnoonetriestousetheES70whenthevesselisindrydock.If thetransducerisactivatedwhenoutofwateritmaybedamagedbeyondrepair.To ensurethatthiscannothappen,removethepowersupplytotheeitherthecomputeror thetransceiver-orboth!Youmayalsoremovecircuitbreakers.Dothisb vesselisplacedinthedrydock!

e f o r e the

Ifsomethingbreaksdown

Ifyoubelievethatsomethinghasbrokendown,contactyourlocaldealer.Hewillbe abletoassist.

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Whenyouswitchofftheechosounder

YoumustNEVERswitchofftheechosounderbymeansoftheon/offswitchonthe computer.Y oumustALW AYSexittheES70applicationbyclickingtheExitbuttonon theTitleBar.Ifyoupowerdownthesounderbymeansofthecomputerswitchyoumay damagetheES70applicationandtheelectronicinterfaceparametersfortheexternal devices.

Systemoverview

ThissectionprovidesthekeyfactsabouttheES70Fishndingechosoundersystem,as wellasabriefintroductiontothemainunits.

Keyfacts

TheSimradES70Fishndingechosounderisdesignedfortheprofessionalshery communityimplementingthelatestinnovations.Echosoundersrangingfromrelatively low-costsinglebeamtolargemulti-frequencysystemscontainingseveralsplit-beam channelscanberealised.

•TheSimradES70Fishndingechosoundersystemisexibleandeasytosetup

duetoitsmodulardesign.

•Menusanddialogsareoperatedusingastandardcomputermouseoratrackball.

•Additionaluserinputcanbefacilitatedusingastandardcomputerkeyboard.

•TheES70supportslargecolourdisplaymonitors.

•TheES70usestheMicrosoftWindows®operatingsystem.ItcompliestoWindows

XP®andWindows7®.

•TheES70providesyouwithanawardwinninguserinterface.Menusystem,dialogs

andstructurehavebeencreatedusinginnovativedesign,andinclosecooperation withcustomers.

•Astore/replayfunctionreducestheneedforechogramprintoutonpaper.The

unprocessedtransducersignalisrecordedontheinternalharddisk.Duringreplay, thissignalisinjectedintotheES70processingsoftwareasifitarriveddirectlyfrom thetransceiver.

Mainunits

ThebasicES70Fishndingechosounderconsistsof:

•Display

•Computer(TheES70MarineComputermaybeprovided)

•OneormoreGeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT)units

•Oneormorestandardsinglebeamtransducers

•Oneormoresplit-beamtransducers

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Colourdisplay

Astandardcommercialcolourdisplayisused.Thedisplayunitisnormallynotprovided bySimrad.Severalcommercialtypesandsizesareavailable.

ES70MarineComputer

SimradcansupplytheES70MarineComputerfortheES70Fishndingechosounder system.

Figure1ES70MarineComputer

Acommercialcomputermayalsobeused.Itmustcomplytotherequirement specicationslaidoutbyMicrosoftfortheiroperatingsystems.Itmustalsoprovidethe necessaryinterfacefacilities(seriallinesandEthernetconnections)thatyoursystemwill needtocommunicatewithexternalsensors(measuringdevices)andperipheralsystems.

GeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT)

TheGeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT)containstransmitterandreceiverelectronics. Thereceiversaredesignedforlownoise,andtheycanhandleinputsignalsspanninga verylargeinstantaneousdynamicamplituderangeof150dB.Alltargetsarecorrectly measuredanddisplayed.

Figure2GeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT)

AtwistedpairEthernetcableconnectstheGeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT)tothe computer.ThedistancebetweenthecomputerandtheGeneralPurposeTransceivercan beextendeduptomaximum100meters.

Ifmorethanonetransceiverisused,asmallEthernetswitchisrequiredtoconnectthe GeneralPurposeTransceiverstothecomputer.

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PWR

Transducer

+5V +12V

-12V HV1 HV2

TX RX

Fuse10A

115-230VAC

Fuse2A

S1 S2

12VDC

Auxiliary

Ethernet

GeneralPurpose Transceiver

DSP-6X IO

POWER

Ethernet

Standardsinglebeamtransducer

TheES70mustbeconnectedtooneormoretransducers.

Awiderangeofoperationalfrequenciesareavailable.

FormoreinformationaboutthesinglebeamtransducersprovidedbySimrad,consult

w w . s i m r a d . c o m .

Split–beamtransducer

TheES70canbeusedwithSimrad’sadvancedsplit-beamtransducers.Thesetransducers areavailableatfrequenciesrangingfrom18to200kHz.

Formoreinformationaboutthesplit–beamtransducersprovidedbySimrad,consult

w w . s i m r a d . c o m .

Simpliedsystemdiagrams

Thesystemdiagramsprovidedshowe x a m p l e s onhowaES70systemmaybesetup.

Figure3SystemdiagramwithasingleGeneralPurposeTransceiver

ADisplayUnit

BProcessorUnit(computer)

CGeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT)

DTransducer(s)

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PWR

Transducer

+5V +12V

-12V HV1 HV2

TX RX

Fuse10A

115-230VAC

Fuse2A

S1 S2

12VDC

Auxiliary

Ethernet

GeneralPurpose Transceiver

DSP-6X IO

POWER

Ethernet

Transducer

+5V +12V

-12V HV1 HV2

TX RX

Fuse10A

115-230VAC

Fuse2A

S1 S2

12VDC

Auxiliary

Ethernet

GeneralPurpose Transceiver

DSP-6X IO

POWER

Ethernet

(CD024216-002)

(CD010217C)

(CD010217G)

Figure4SystemdiagramwithtwoGeneralPurposeTransceivers

ADisplayUnit

BProcessorUnit(computer)

CGeneralPurposeTransceiver

(GPT)

DTransducer(s)

EEthernetswitch

Wavepropagation

Thevelocityofsoundwavepropagationintheseavariesslightlywithtemperature, salinityandpressure.Thevelocityvariesbetween1440and1520m/sinshallowsea water,whileavelocityaround1480m/scanbeexpectedat1000mdepth.Inshallow freshwaterthevelocityisapproximately1430m/s.

AgoodaveragevaluetobeusedintheEnvironmentdialogis1470m/s.

Figure5W avepropagationfromaatbottom

TheES70transmitshighenergysoundwave pulsesintothesea.Aatbottomreectsthe transmittedwaveasifitwereamirror.The propagatingenergyisspreadoveralargerand largerareaasittravelsdowntothebottomand upagain.Theenergyisspreadoverafourtimes largerareaeverytimethetraveldistancedoubles.

Alargeschoolofshreectssoundwavessimilarly.Thistypeofspreadingisreferredto assquare-lawor20logTVG(TimeV aryingGain)spreading.

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(CD010217H)

Thesituationisslightlydifferentwhenobservingtheechoesfromindividualsh.The transmittedwaveundergoessquare-lawspreadingwhentravellingfromthesurfaceand downtothesh.Theswimbladderoftheshscattersasmallfractionofthearriving energyinalldirections.Travellingfromtheshandbacktowardsthesurfacethe scatteredwaveundergoesanothersquare-lawspreading.Thecombinedeffectisreferred toasquad-lawor40logTVGspreading.

Intheechosounder’sEchogramdialog20logTVGspreadingiscalledSchoolGainand

BottomGain,while40logTVGspreadingiscalledFishGain.

Figure6W avepropagationfromash

Propagationlossesduetoabsorptionaremuch higherinseawaterthaninfreshwater.Absorption alsoincreaseswithfrequency.At38kHzthe absorptionis0.5dB/kminfreshwaterand10 dB/kminseawater.At200kHztheabsorption is10dB/kminfreshwaterand50dB/kminsalt water.Theechosoundermustknowwhichwater typeispresentinordertocompensateforthese lossescorrectly.

ThedB(decibel)unithaslongtraditionsinunderwateracousticsandothereldsin physics.Itisalogarithmicmeasurefortheratiobetweentwoquantities.

Relatedtopics

•AboutTVGgainonpage205

•Echogramonpage158

•Environmentonpage149

Bottomecho

Ahardatbottomreectsthetransmittedsignalasifitwereamirror.Thetransmitted pulsehitstheilluminatedbottomareaatnearlythesameinstant,andtheechofrom differentpartsofthisareaarrivebackatthesurfacealsoatnearlythesameinstant.

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Figure7Bottomechoprinciples

Thereceivedechosignalisbasicallyanattenuated copyoftheshorttransmitpulse.Theechosignal fromaslopedbottomischaracterisedbyhaving alongerdurationandaslowerriseandfalltime. Thetransmittedpulsersthitstheslopeatpoint (A),andastimeelapsesthereectionpointtravels alongtheslopetowardspoint(B).Manylocations donothaveasolidhardbottom.Frequently,the bottomiscomposedoflayersofmud,clayand sandwhichcanbeobservedascolouredbandson theechosounderdisplay.

Thebottomdetectionalgorithmisimplementedsolelyinsoftware,andseparate algorithmsarerunforeachfrequencychannel.Thealgorithmisdesignedwithemphasis onreliabilityinthesensethaterroneousdepthdetectionsareneveroutput.Wheneverthe qualityofadetectionisquestionablethealgorithmoutputsadepthof0.00toindicatethat noreliabledetectionwasobtained.TheES70algorithmisdesignedtohandleanumber ofdifcultsituations.Thealgorithmmaintainsbottomlockforadiscontinuousjumpin bottomdepth.Itavoidsfalsebottomdetectionsonadenseschoolofsh.Thealgorithm choosestheupperboundaryoftherstlayerwhenthebottomconsistsoflayers.

Thebottomdetectionalgorithmlockstotherstgoodbottomreturn.Thedepthatpoint Aratherthanthedepthalongthetransduceraxiswillbeoutputforaslopedbottom.The detecteddepthvalueisalwayssmallerthanthedepthalongthetransduceraxisimplying thatasafetymarginisautomaticallyincluded.

Split-beamoperation

TheES70usesthesplit-beamtechniqueforassessmentofthesizedistributionof individualsh.Asplit-beamtransduceriselectricallydividedintofourquadrants.All fourquadrantsareexcitedinparallelduringtransmission.However,thereceivedsignal fromeachquadrantisseparatelyampliedinafour-channelmatchedreceiverallowing thedirectionofarrivalofanechotobedetermined.

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(CD010217K)

A B

Figure8Splitbeamprinciples

Anacousticwavefrontpropagatingtowardsthe transducerarrivesatthefourquadrantsatdifferent timescausingthephaseangleoftheelectrical outputsignalfromthequadrantstodiffer.The fore-and-aftangleisdeterminedfromtheelectrical phasedifferencebetweentheforeandtheaft transducerhalves,andtheathwartshipsangleis determinedfromthestarboardandportsignals.

FishAispositionedalongthetransduceraxiswherethetransducerhasitsmaximum sensitivity,whileFishBispositionedtowardstheedgeofthebeamwherethesensitivity islower.Evidently,theechosignalfromFishAwillbestrongerthanthesignalfrom FishBeventhoughtheyareofthesamesizeandatthesamedepth.Hence,determining shsizefromthereceivedechostrengthalonewillnotbetoosuccessful.Asplit-beam echosoundermeasuresthepositionoftheshwithinthebeam.Thesoundercorrectsfor thedifferenceintransducersensitivityandcomputesthetruesizeofthesh.

Thesplit-beammeasurementtechniqueonlyworksforechoesoriginatingfromone singleshsincetheelectricalphasewillberandomifechoesfrommultipleindividuals atdifferentpositionsinthebeamarereceivedsimultaneously.

Consequently,measurementofshsizeinsideaschoolofshtendstobeunreliable.

Observationrange

Absorptionincreasesdramaticallywithfrequencyinsaltwater.Formaximum observationrangeyoushouldselectalowoperatingfrequency,alargetransducerandthe maximumtransmitpower.

Typicalobservationrangesareshowninthetable.UsingtheSimradES38Btransducer (38kHz,7x7degrees,2000W)youcanobservea60centimetrecoddownto950meters, andbottomdetectionworksdownto2800meters.However,withtheSimradES200–7C transducer(200kHz,7x7degrees,1000W)youcanonlyobservethatsamecoddownto 270meters,andbottomdetectionbecomesunreliablebelow500meters.

Table1Maximumdetectiondepth,singlebeamtransducers

TransducerFrequency

(kHz)

12–161216,4193200085010000

27–26278,18387300011004400

Pulse duration (ms)

Bandwidth (hz)

Txpower (W)

Rangesh (m)

Range bottom(m)

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Table1Maximumdetectiondepth,singlebeamtransducers(cont’d.)

TransducerFrequency

(kHz)

Pulse duration

Bandwidth (hz)

Txpower (W)

Rangesh (m)

(ms)

38/200D

38–9384,0976615008002600

38–7384,0976620009502800

50/200D

50–7502,05149320007001900

120–251201,0230261000390800

50/200D

384,0976610005002100

502,05149310005001500

2001,0230881000280550

Table2Maximumdetectiondepth,splitbeamtransducers

TransducerFrequency

(kHz)

ES18–11188,21382200011007000

ES38B384,0976620009502800

ES70–11702,0515268004501100

ES120–7C1201,0230261000440850

ES200–7C2001,0230881000270550

Pulse duration

Bandwidth (hz)

Txpower (W)

Rangesh (m)

(ms)

Range bottom(m)

Theserangecalculationsassumeanormalseawatersalinity(3.5ppt)andtemperature (+10degreesCelcius),anaveragebottom(surfacebackscatteringstrength=-20dB)and anoiseleveltypicalforamovingvessel.

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Gettingstarted

ThischapterdescribeshowtogetstartedwiththebasicoperationoftheES70Fish ndingechosounder.

Note

ThischapterassumesthattheES70Fishndingechosounderhasatleastonefrequency channel(transceiverandtransducer)readilyconnected.Ifthisisnotthecase,observe theprocedure.

Gettingstarted

→Howtoinstallafrequencychannelonpage82

Topics

•PowerOn/Offproceduresonpage19

•Usingthetrackballonpage21

•Startingnormaloperationonpage21

•Echosounderpresentationsonpage28

•TitleBaronpage30

•Taskbaronpage31

•Themenusystemonpage31

PowerOn/Offprocedures

Note

Makesurethatyouhavesufcientwaterbelowthehullb e f o r e youpoweruptheecho sounder.Ifyoustarttheechosounderwiththetransducerinair ,youmaydamageit beyondrepair!

HowtopoweruptheES70echosounder

1PoweruptheGeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT)unit.

2Powerupthecomputerandthedisplay.

3WaituntiltheES70programstartsonthecomputer.

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WhentheES70starts,youmayseeadialogrequestingpermissiontoupgradethe rmwareonthetransceiver.Thishappensifthermwareonthetransceiverisolder thanthermwareprovidedasapartoftheES70software.Sincefunctionality ontheES70maydependonthermwareinthetransceiver,clickYestoupgrade thetransceiver.

Duringtheprograminitialisation,adialogappearstoletyouchoosefromthecurrent usersettingsavailableontheES70.Thedialogisonlyvisibleafewseconds.You donotneedtomakeachoicehere.Y oucanselectusersettingatanytimebymeans oftheUserSettingdialogontheMainmenu.

4Chooseoperationalmode:

aObservetheMainmenuontherighthandsideoftheES70presentation.

bClicktheOperationmenuicontoopentheOperationmenu.

cClicktheOperationbutton,andselectNormal.

5OnthePingbutton,clickthesymbolontherighthandsidetostartpinging.

6ObservethattheES70starts.

•TheES70startsupusingthesameoperationalparametersasthelasttimeyou usedit.Iftheseparametersareacceptable,continueoperation.Ifyouwishtoalter basicoperationalparameters,seesectionStartingnormaloperationonpage21.

•WhentheES70starts,itisveryimportantthatitdetectsthebottomcorrectly. Inmostcasesthiswilltakeplaceautomatically.However,wehaveexperienced thatlargeschoolsofshordifcultbottomconditionshavedeceivedtheES70to displaythewrongdepth.Inthesecasesthesoundermaydisplaythebottomat 0,0meters,orwithanyotherabnormalvalue.InordertoaidtheES70tolocate thecorrectdepth,observethededicatedprocedure.SeeHowtodenemaximum andminimumdepthonpage76.

HowtopowerofftheES70echosounder

Note

YoumustNEVERswitchofftheechosounderonlybymeansoftheon/offswitchon thecomputer.Thismaydamagethesoftwareortheinterfaceparametersforexternal devices.Y oumustALWAYSusethisprocedure.

1ClicktheExitbuttonontheTitleBarinthetoprightcorneroftheES70presentation.

2ObservethattheES70applicationclosesdown.

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3Ifthecomputerdoesnotswitchitselfoffautomatically,usethefunctionality

providedbytheoperatingsystemtoswitchitoffmanually.

4Switchoffthepowertothedisplayandtothetransceiver(s).

Usingthetrackball

AllES70functionsarecontrolledwiththetrackball.Thistrackballisconnectedtothe computer,andbymeansofthebuttonsandthewheelyoucancontrolallthedialogsand parametersettings.Astandardcomputermousecanalsobeused.Ifyouwishtousea mouse,werecommendthatyoundoneequippedwithacontrolwheel.

AControlwheel

BTrackball

CRightmousebutton

DLeftmousebutton

Startingnormaloperation

OnceyouhavepowereduptheES70andthedisplay ,youarereadytostarttheactual operation.Whenyouhavechosenoperationalmode,theechosounderstartsusingits previoussetupparameters.

Note

Iftheseparametersareacceptableyoudonotneedtocarryouttheremainingprocedures inthissection.

TheseprocedurebelowassumesthattheES70Fishndingechosounderhasatleast onefrequencychannel(transceiverandtransducer)readilyconnected.Ifthisisnot thecase,observetheprocedure.

→Howtoinstallafrequencychannelonpage82

1Chooseoperationalmode

2Checkthetransceiverandtransducersettings

3Checkthebottomdetectorsettings

4Checkthecolourscalesettings

5Checkthesizedistributionandshpositionsettings

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6Checktheechogramsettings

7Checktherangesettings

Howtochooseoperationalmode

1ObservetheMainmenuontherighthandsideoftheES70presentation.

2ClicktheOperationmenuicontoopentheOperationmenu.

3ClicktheOperationbutton,andselectNormal.

Howtocheckthetransceiverandtransducersettings

1Observethatthecurrentlyconnectedtransducer(s)areshownastabsontheT askbar.

Eachtransducernamealsoidentiestheoperationalfrequency.

2ClicktheSetupicontoopentheSetupmenu.

→Setupmenuonpage108

3OntheSetupmenu,clickInstallation,andthenTransceiverInstallation.

ObservethattheT ransceiverInstallationdialogopens.Thisdialogisusedto controlthecommunicationbetweentheES70computerandthetransceiver(s)and transducer(s).

→TransceiverInstallationonpage153

4Checkthatallapplicabletransceiversandtransducersareconnectedandoperational.

Foreachtransceiver,thisisindicatedbythegreenlabelwithtext“Installed”.

5ClickOKtosavethesettingsandclosethedialog.

6ClicktheOperationicontoopentheOperationmenu.

→Operationmenuonpage106

7OntheOperationmenu,clickNormalOperation.

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ObservethattheNormalOperationdialogopens.Thisdialogisusedtodene variousparametersassociatedwiththetransceiver.Thesesettingsinclude transceivermode,thedepthofthetransducersurface,thetransmitpower,andthe pulseduration.NotethatthisdialogisnotavailableinReplaymode.

→NormalOperationonpage121

8Foreachchannel(transceiver/transducercombination):

aSetModetoActive.

bSetPulseLengthtoAuto.

TheES70willautomaticallychoosethebestpulsedurationtottheoperational frequency,modeandcurrentdepth.Thepulsedurationdenestheresolution.

→Aboutpulsedurationonpage207

cSetPowertomaximum.

dCheckthattheDepthvalueissetcorrectly.

Thisisthedepthofthetransducerfacerelativetothewatersurface.Apositive valueofforexample5metersmeansthatthetransducerislocated5meters belowtheseasurface.Foraccuratedepthreadings,thisDepthvaluemustbe setupcorrectly.

Gettingstarted

9ClickOKtosavethesettingsandclosethedialog.

Howtocheckthebottomdetectorsettings

1ClicktheActiveicontoopentheActivemenu.

→Activemenuonpage109

2OntheActivemenu,clickBottomDetector.

ObservethattheBottomDetectordialogopens.Thisdialogisusedtodenevarious parametersassociatedwiththebottomdetection.Theseincludethedepthrange, wheretheES70searchesforthebottom.

→BottomDetectoronpage167

3SetMinimumDepthandMaximumDepthtovaluestforthedepthatyourcurrent

location.

Note

SettingbothMinimumDepthandMaximumDepthto0mwillturnoffbottom detection.

4ClickOKtosavethesettingsandclosethedialog.

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Howtocheckthecolourscalesettings

1ClicktheColourScaleiconontheTitleBartoopentheColourScaleinformation

pane.

→ColourScaleinformationpaneonpage53

2Observethatthecurrentcolourscaleisshown.

Youcanlterouttheweakestechoesbymanuallymodifyingthecolourthreshold.

aClicktheColourScaleiconontheTitleBartoopentheColourScaleinformation

pane.

bMovethecursortotheleftsideofthecolourscale.

Observethatthecursorchangesshapetoadualarrowline.

cClickontheleftedgeofthecolourscale,anddragtheedgetowardsright.

dObservethattheweakestcoloursareremovedfromthecolourscale,andthus

alsotheweakestechoesfromtheechogrampresentation.

3ClicktheDisplayicontoopentheDisplaymenu.

→Displaymenuonpage107

4OntheDisplaymenu,clickColourSetup.

ObservethattheColourSetupdialogopens.Thisdialogisusedtodenewhich colourscaletouseontheES70presentations.Y oucantesttheoptionsbymaking aselection,andclickingApply.Theresultingcolourscaleisimmediatelyshown intheColourScaleinformationpane.

Whenthecolourscaleuses12colours,eachcolouralwaysrepresentsa3dBvalue range.Using12coloursthusenablesmappingofa36dBvaluerangetocolours.

→ColourSetuponpage125

5ClickOKtoacceptthedefaultsettingsandclosethedialog.

Howtocheckthesizedistributionandshpositionsettings

Note

Sizedistributionandshpositioninformationpanesareonlyavailableifyouusea splitbeamechosoundersystem!

1ClicktheSizeDistributioniconontheTitleBartoopentheSizeDistribution

informationpane.

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TheSizeDistributioninformationpaneshowsahistogramofthesingleshechoes detectedintheechogram.Foranaccuratex-axisvalue,placethecursoronavertical barinthehistogram,andreadthevaluefromthelabel.TheabbreviationTSis commonlyused.Itmeans“TargetStrength”,andthisisameasureofhowstrong echotheindividualshesinthecurrentechogramgenerate.Theechostrength indicatesthesizeoftheshes.TheSizeDistributioninformationpanethusprovides amathematicalestimateofthesizesofallthechosenshspeciesintheechogram.

→SizeDistributioninformationpaneonpage54

Tochangetheshspecies,usetheFishSelectdialogopenedontheSetupmenu.

→FishSelectonpage139

2IntheSizeDistributioninformationpane,clicktheSetupiconinthetoprightcorner

toopentheSizeDistributiondialog.

TheSizeDistributiondialogallowsyoutoshapethesizedistributionhistogram toyourownrequirements.Y oucansetupthemode,theupperandlowerlimits, theaccuracy,andtheverticalresolution.

→SizeDistributiononpage166

3ClickOKtosavethesettingsandclosethedialog.

4ClicktheFishPositioniconontheTitleBartoopentheFishPositioninformation

pane.

TheFishPositioninformationpaneshowsthepositionwithinthebeamofthe detectedsingleechoesforthecurrentping(largestcircles)andthethreeprevious ping(smallercircles).Thecoloursindicatetheechostrength.

→FishPositioninformationpaneonpage55

Howtochecktheechogramsettings

1ObservetheES70echogram.

Ifyouhavetwoormorechannels(transducers/frequencies),observethetabson theT askbar.

→Displayorganisationonpage34

2Clickoneofthetransducertabs.Observethatonlytheechogramfromtheselected

frequencychannelisshown.

Bydefault,twoechogramsareshownforeachfrequencychannel.Thetop echogramissurfacerelated,whilethebottomechogramisbottomrelated.Several echogramtypesareprovided.

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•Surface:Theechogramisrelatedtotheseasurface.Startdepth(upperechogram

boundary)andverticalrange(acrossechogram)aremanuallyselectedbythe

StartDepthandRangebuttonsontheMainmenu.

→StartRangeonpage114

→Rangeonpage113

•Bottom:Theechogramisrelatedtothedetectedbottom.Stopdepth(lower

echogramboundary)andverticalrangearemanuallyselectedbytheStartDepth andRangebuttonsontheMainmenu.Theechogramisonlydrawnforpings havingasuccessfulbottomdetection.

•Pelagic:ThisechogramisnearlyidenticaltotheSurfaceechogram.However,

thebiomasscalculationsarenotrestrictedbythebottomdetection.Thismeans thatthebottomechowillbeincludedincalculationsifitappearswithinthe chosenrange.

Example:Ifyouareinvestigatingalargeschoolofpelagicsh,settheStart

RangeandRangetoenclosetheschool.Iftheschoolislargeenough,aSurface

echogrammaymistakeitforbottom,andthebiomassreadingswillbewrong. ThePelagicechogramwillhoweverdisregardthebottomdetection,andgivea correctestimateofthebiomass.

•Trawl:Trawlsensorsystemscommunicateheadropedepthand

headrope-to-footropedistancetotheES70atregularintervals.Theechogram coverstheverticalopeningofthetrawlincludingasmallmarginateachside. Theheadropeandfootropemarginsareidentical.Thebiomasscalculationsare notrestrictedbythebottomdetection.

TheirsizeisselectedintheTrawldialog.Theheadrope-to-footropedistancecan bemanuallysetintheTrawldialogfortrawlsensorsystemsnotmeasuringthe trawlopening,orwhenthemeasuredheadrope-to-footropedistanceisunreliable. Theechogramisonlydrawnwhentrawlpositioninformationisavailable.

→Trawlonpage145

3Movethecursorovertheechogram.

Observethatarectangular“tooltip”labelisshown.Itprovidesinformationabout theechoesatthecursor’spresentposition.Whichinformationtoincludeinthelabel isdenedintheDisplayOptionsdialog.

→DisplayOptionsonpage130

4ClicktheHorizontaltab.Observethattheechogramchannelsareshownhorizontally.

5ClicktheV erticaltab.Observethattheechogramchannelsareshownvertically.

6Clickononeoftheechograms.

Observethattheechogramthenappearswithathickborderline.Theechogramyou haveselectedisnowthe“active”echogram.AnychangesmadeintheEchogram dialogwillbydefaultonlyapplytothisechogram.

→Echogramsonpage44

7OntheActivemenu,clickEchogram.

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ObservethattheEchogramdialogopens.Thisdialogisusedtocontrolthe appearanceoftheactiveechogram.

→Echogramonpage158

8IntheEchogramdialog,checkthattheLinestabisshown.

TheLinestabintheEchogramdialogallowsyoutochangetheappearanceofthe bottomline.Y oucanaddanextrabottomline,andinadditiontothisyoucanenable eitherawhitelineorahardnessindicatorline.Thetaboffersseveralhorizontal informationlines,andyoucanchoosetheverticalscaleoftheechogram.Finally, theLinestabofferstimeordistancemarkers,andyoucanenableannotations.

9ClickBottomlineandWhitelinetoenablethese.Observethechangesonthe

echogram.

10ClicktheEchogramtab.

TheEchogramtabintheEchogramdialogallowsyoutoselectwhichTVGcurveto usefortheechogram.Y oucanchoosefromseveralstandardcurves,ormakeyour own.Thetabalsoallowsyoutochoosewhichtypeofechogramyouwishtodisplay.

→AboutTVGgainonpage205

11ChangetheEchogramT ypetoseethevariations.

12ClicktheHorizontalAxistab.

TheHorizontalAxistabintheEchogramdialogallowsyoutochoosethehorizontal scaleoftheechogram.Thiscontrolshow“fast”theechogrammovesfromright towardsleftacrossthedisplay.

13Trythevariousoptionstoseethevariationsontheechogram.

14ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

Howtochecktherangesettings

1Observetheverticalrangeoftheechograms.

Notethattheverticalrangeissetupdifferentlydependingontheechogramtype.

2Clickinasurfacerelatedechogramtomakeit“active”.

3ObservetheRangebuttonontheMainmenu.

TheRangefunctionallowsyoutospecifytheverticalrangeofthewatercolumn coveredbytheechogram.Therangeisdenedfromaselectedstartrange,and downtoavaluebeneaththecurrentbottomdepth.Thevalueshownandselectedis bydefaultappliedonlytothecurrentlyselectedechogram.

4ObservetheStartRangebuttonontheMainmenu.

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StartRangeallowsyoutospecifythestartdepthoftheechogram,thatisfrom

whichdepthinthewatercolumnthepresentationshallstart.Thevalueshownand selectedisappliedtothecurrentlyselectedechogramtype.

Example:Inasurfaceechogram,settheStartRangevalueto0meters.Thiswill maketheechogramstartfromtheseasurface(providedthatthetransduceroffset hasbeendened).SetRangetothecurrentdepthplus20meters.Theechogramwill nowshowtheareafromtheseasurfaceanddownto20meters“below”thebottom. Thebottomcontouriseasilydetectedwhenthedepthchanges.

Example:Inasurfaceechogram,settheStartRangevalueto10meters.Thiswill maketheechogramstartfrom10metersbelowtheseasurface(providedthatthe transduceroffsethasbeendened).SetRangetothecurrentdepthplus20meters. Theechogramwillnowshowtheareafrom10metersbelowtheseasurface,and downto10meters“below”thebottom.Thebottomcontouriseasilydetected whenthedepthchanges.

5SetRangetoAuto,andsetStartRangeto0.

Observethechangesmadetothesurfacerelatedechogram.

6Clickinabottomrelatedechogramtomakeit“active”.

7ObservetheRangeandStartRangebuttonsontheMainmenu.

Example:Inabottomechogram,settheStartRangevalueto–5meters.This willmaketheechogramstartfrom5metersabovethebottom.SetRangetothe5 metersplus10=15meters.Theechogramwillnowshowtheareafrom5meters abovethedepth,anddownto10meters“below”thebottom.Thebottomcontour willappearasaatline.

8SetRangeto15,andsetStartRangeto5.

Observethechangesmadetothebottomrelatedechogram.

Echosounderpresentations

ThissectiondescribestheoveralllayoutofthepresentationprovidedbytheES70echo sounder.

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Theexampleshowsadualfrequencyechosounderusingtwosplit-beamtransducers(38 and120kHz).ThescreencapturehasbeenmadewhileinReplaymode.

ATitleBar

TheTitleBarcontainsiconstoopenthevariousinformationpanes,aswellas buttonstoinitiatespecicfunctions.

BEchogram(s)

OneormoreEchogramisdisplayedusingthelargestportionofthescreen.The presentationlayoutiscontrolledbythefunctionbuttonsontheStatusbar.Youcan displayindividualechogramsforeachfrequencyinuse,oryoucanlayoutthe presentationofallfrequencieseitherhorizontallyorvertically.

AdditionalinformationpanesmaybeselectedontheTitleBarusingtherelevant icons.

CMainmenu

Themenusystemisbydefaultlocatedattherightsideofthedisplaypresentation. Themainmenuisalwaysvisible,butmaybehiddenfromview.Toopena sub-menu,clickoneoftheiconsatthebottomofthemainmenu.

DT askbar

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TheT askbarstretchesacrosstheentirepresentationwidthatthebottomofthe display.Ontheleftside,dedicatedfunctionbuttonsallowsyoutocontrolthe presentationlayout.

EReplaybar

TheReplaybarcontrolstheplaybackwheninReplaymode.Itisonlyvisible inthismode.

Foramoredetaileddescriptionoftheechogrampresentationsandthedisplayviews, seeDisplayviewsonpage34.

TitleBar

TheES70TitleBarislocatedonthetopofthedisplaypresentation,anditisstretched

fromthefarlefttothefarrightside.

ABrandandproductnameidentication

BOperationbutton;Menu

COperationbuttons;ScreencaptureandRecord

DIconstoopeninformationpanes

ENavigationalinformation

FFunctionbuttons(Messages,Helpandoperatingsystemfunctions)

TitleBarelements

•Brandandproductname:Thiselementidentiesthemanufacturerandtheproduct.

→Logoandproductnameonpage37

•Operation:Thesebuttonsareusedtocontrolbasicoperationalfunctions.

→Operationbuttonsonpage37

•Informationpanes:Theiconsareusedtoopenandclosededicatedinformationpanes.

→Informationpaneiconsonpage38

•Navigation:Thesearenotbuttons,butinformationeldsprovidingcurrentdata relatedtothevesselmovements.

→Navigationalinformationonpage40

•Function:Thesebuttonsareusedtocontrolbasicfunctionssuchasscreencaptures, help,menuappearance

→Functionbuttonsonpage42

FormoredetailedinformationabouttheTitleBar,seeTitleBaronpage36.

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TheT askbarislocatedatthebottomofthedisplay.TheT askbarcontainstabstocontrol

theechogrampresentations,aswellastimeanddateinformation.

AEchogrambrowser

BPresentationformat

CTransducer/echogrampresentation

DDate

ETime

Formoreinformation,seeTaskbaronpage58.

Gettingstarted

Themenusystem

Thissectionprovidesashortintroductiontothemenusystem,andexplainsthebasic useoftheES70menubuttons.

Formoreinformationaboutthemenusystem,seeThemenusystemonpage102.

Menuhierarchy

ThemenusystemontheES70isbydefaultplacedontherighthandsideofthedisplay presentation.Y oucanhowevereasilymovethemenutotheleftsideusingtheDisplay

Optionsdialog,orhideitfromviewwiththeMenubuttonontheTitleBar.Themain

menuisshort,andthefoursub-menusareopenedbyclickingonthefouricons.

Themainmenuprovidesalimitednumberofkey functions,whilethesub-menusofferawiderrangeof parameters.

Menuhierarchy

1TheMainmenuprovidestheparametersmostfrequentlyusedduringnormal

operation.

2TheOperationmenucontrolsthemainoperationalparameters.

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3TheDisplaymenucontrolsthevisualaspectsofthesystem,suchasparameters

relatedtothedisplaypresentation.

4TheSetupmenuallowsyoutocontrolthecongurationofthesignalprocessing,as

wellassysteminstallationandmaintenance,andtheinterfacestoperipheraldevices.

5TheActivemenuhasitscontentlinkedtothecurrentactiveitem(vieworobject).

Useittoaccessspecialfeaturesavailablefortheselecteditem.

Menubuttons

Eachmenucontainsseveralcommandbuttons.Eachbuttonshowsthefunctionofthe button,someofthemalsodisplaysthecurrentparametersetting.Themajorityofthe buttonsineachmenueldhavethesefunctions:

•Youcanincreaseanddecreaseparametervaluesbyclickingthebutton.

•Youcanchangeparametervaluesbymovingthecursorsideways.

•Youcanchangeparametervaluesbymeansofthescrollwheelonthemouseor

trackball.

•Youcanenterparametervaluesfromthekeyboard(ifyouhaveone).

•Youcanselectparametervaluefromthebutton’ssub-menu.

•Youcanopenadedicateddialog.

Howtoselectanumericalparameterusingthe+/-buttons

1Movethecursortoeithersideofthebutton,andobservethatthebackgroundcolour

changes.

aClickonthel

bClickonther

e f t sideofthebuttontodecreasethenumericalvalue.

i g h t sideofthebuttontoincreasethenumericalvalue.

Howtoselectanumericalparameterbymovingthecursorhorizontally

1Placethecursoronthemiddleofthebutton.

2Clickandholdtheleftmousebuttondepressed.

3Movethecursorhorizontally:lefttodecreasetheparametervalue,orrightto

increaseit.

4Releasethemousebuttonwhentherequestedvalueisshown.

Howtoselectanumericalparameterbymeansofthescrollwheel

1Placethecursoronthemiddleofthebutton.

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2Spinthescrollwheelineitherdirectiontoincreaseordecreasetheparametervalue.

3Releasethescrollwheelwhentherequestedvalueisshown.

Howtoselectanumericalparameterusingthekeyboard

1Clickthemiddlesectionofthebuttontoopenatexteld.

2Enterthenumericalvalueintothetexteld.

Ifthenumericalvalueexceedsthepermittedrangefortheparameter,theframein thetexteldwillbered.Youwillthennotbeabletoenterthevalue.

3PresstheEnterkey.

Howtoselectaparameterusingasub-menu

1Clickthemiddlesectionofthebuttontoopenasub-menu,thenclicktherequested

parametervalue.

Thechosenvalueisapplied,andthesub-menuisautomaticallyclosed.

2Wheneverapplicable,youcanalsoaccessthesub-menubyclickingtheleftand

rightsideofthebutton,butthismethodwillnotshowyouthemenuchoices.

aClickonthel

bClickonther

e f t sideofthebuttontoselectalowersub-menuchoice.

i g h t sideofthebuttontoselectahighersub-menuchoice.

Howtoselectparametersusingadialog

1Clickanywhereonthebuttontoopenaseparatedialog.

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Displayviews

ThischapterprovidesabriefoverviewoftheinformationdisplayedbytheES70Fish ndingechosounder,andhowitisorganised.

Topics

•Displayorganisationonpage34

•TitleBaronpage36

•Replaybaronpage43

•Mainmenuonpage43

•Echogramsonpage44

•Informationpanesonpage50

•Taskbaronpage58

•Screencapturesonpage59

Displayorganisation

AtypicalES70Fishndingechosounderdisplaypresentationisshown.

ATitleBar

TheTitleBaridentiesthelogo,andprovidesseveralconsandbuttons.Theseare usedtohideorretrievethemenusystemandtheinformationpanes,andtoenable basicsystemfunctions.

→TitleBaronpage36 →Informationpanesonpage50

BEchogram(/s)

TheEchogram(s)takesupthelargestpartoftheechosounderwindow. Bydefault,youwillhavetwoechogramsforeachfrequencychannel(transducer).

Thesecanbepresentedhorizontallywithoneovertheother,ornexttoeachother, bymeansofthetabsontheT askbar(D).

→T askbaronpage58 Youcanmodifythesizeoftheechogramsbymovingtheboundarylinesbetween

theechograms.Clickonaboundaryline,holdthebuttondepressed,andmovethe linehorizontallyorvertically.

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CMainmenu

TheMainmenuisbydefaultlocatedontherighthandsideoftheechosounder presentation.Toopenanyofthesub-menus,clicktheicons.Tohideorretrievethe

Mainmenu,clicktheMenubuttonontheTitleBar.

→Mainmenuonpage43

Displayviews

DT askbar

TheTaskbarislocatedatthebottomoftheechosounderpresentation.

→T askbaronpage58

EReplaybar

DuringreplayadedicatedReplaybarisshownbelowtheTitleBar.TheReplaybar allowsyoutoretrievesavedles,andtocontroltheplayback.

→Replaybaronpage43.

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FSub-menus

Foursub-menusmaybeopenedfromthefouriconsinthebottomoftheMainmenu.

→Mainmenuonpage43

GInformationpanes

YoucanchoosefromseveralInformationpanestoprovideyouwithadditionaldata. ThesepanesareselectedfromthebuttonsontheTitleBar.Thepanescanbemoved aroundontheechogrampresentation,andyoucanchangetheirsizes.Thepanesare transparent,soechograminformationdisplayedbehindthemarenotlost.

→Informationpanesonpage50

TitleBar

TheES70TitleBarislocatedonthetopofthedisplaypresentation,anditisstretched fromthefarlefttothefarrightside.

ABrandandproductnameidentication

BOperationbutton;Menu

COperationbuttons;ScreencaptureandRecord

DIconstoopeninformationpanes

ENavigationalinformation

FFunctionbuttons(Messages,Helpandoperatingsystemfunctions)

TitleBarelements

•Brandandproductname:Thiselementidentiesthemanufacturerandtheproduct.

→Logoandproductnameonpage37

•Operation:Thesebuttonsareusedtocontrolbasicoperationalfunctions.

→Operationbuttonsonpage37

•Informationpanes:Theiconsareusedtoopenandclosededicatedinformationpanes.

→Informationpaneiconsonpage38

•Navigation:Thesearenotbuttons,butinformationeldsprovidingcurrentdata

relatedtothevesselmovements.

→Navigationalinformationonpage40

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help,menuappearance

→Functionbuttonsonpage42

Logoandproductname

TheSimradlogoandtheproductname(ES70)isshown.

Double-clicktheSimradlogotoreducethesizeoftheES70presentation.Double-click onemoretimetorestoretheoriginalsize.

Operationbuttons

Displayviews

Menubutton

ClickonceontheMenubuttontohidethemenu,andonemoretimetobringitback again.Whenthemenuishidden,itwilltemporarilybeshownontheleftandrighthand sideofthedisplayifyoumovethecursortothatposition.

→Mainmenuonpage43

→Themenusystemonpage102

Screencapturebutton

Clickthisbuttononcetocreateascreencaptureofthecurrentechogrampresentation.To viewtherecordedimage,clickScreenCaptureontheTaskbartoopentheimagebrowser.

→Howtosaveanechogramonpage64

→Screencapturesonpage59

Recordbutton

Clickthisbuttontostartandstoprecording.

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TherecordingfunctionissetupusingtheparametersavailableontheRecordbutton ontheOperationmenu.

→Howtosaverawechogramdataonpage66

→Recordonpage123

Informationpaneicons

TheSimradES70offersseverali

n f o r m a t i o n p a n e s toprovideadditionalanddetailed datafromtheechogram.Thepanesareopenedandclosedusingthepanebuttonson theTitleBar.

Inordertoopenaninformationpane,youmustrstclickinanechogrampresentationto makeit“active”.Bydoingthisyouselectfrequencychannel(transducer).Inmostcases, thedataintheinformationpaneyouopenwillonlybevalidfortheselectedechogram.

Note

Someoftheinformationpanesareoptional.Theyarethusnotavailableforuseunlessa licencecodeisavailable.Inordertoobtainalicence,consultyourlocaldealer .

Depth

ClickthisbuttontoopenandclosetheDepthinformationpane.Thispaneprovidesthe currentdepthasmeasuredbytheselectedtransducer.

→Depthinformationpaneonpage51

Biomass

ClickthisbuttontoopenandclosetheBiomassinformationpane.Thispaneprovidesthe currentbiomassascalculatedbytheechosounderbasedonthecurrentechogram.

[1]

→Biomassinformationpaneonpage51

BottomHardness

1.Biomassisanoptionalfunction.InordertoactivatetheBiomassinformationpane,youmustobtaina

licence.

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ClickthisbuttontoopenandclosetheBottomHardnessinformationpane.Thispane providesthebottomhardnessinthecurrentechogram.

[2]

→BottomHardnessinformationpaneonpage52

ColourScale

ClickthisbuttontoopenandclosetheColourScaleinformationpane.Thispaneshows youthecoloursyouarepresentlyusinginyourechogrampresentation.Y oucanalso manuallymodifythecolourscaletolteroutweakechoes.

→ColourScaleinformationpaneonpage53

SizeDistribution

ClickthisbuttontoopenandclosetheSizeDistributioninformationpane.Thispane showsyouthecoloursyouarepresentlyusinginyourechogrampresentation.

→SizeDistributioninformationpaneonpage54.

FishPosition

ClickthisbuttontoopenandclosetheFishPositioninformationpane.Thispaneshows youthepositionwithinthebeamofthedetectedsingleechoes.

[4]

→FishPositioninformationpaneonpage55

EchoPosition

[3]

2.Bottomhardnessisanoptionalfunction.InordertoactivatetheBottomHardnessinformationpane,

youmustobtainalicence.

3.TheSizeDistributioninformationpaneisonlyavailableifyourES70isequippedwithoneormore

splitbeamtransceivers.

4.TheFishPositioninformationpaneisonlyavailableifyourES70isequippedwithoneormoresplit

beamtransceivers.

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ClickthisbuttontoopenandclosetheEchoPositioninformationpane.Thispaneshows youthepositionwithinthebeamofthedetectedsingleechoes.

[5]

→EchoPositioninformationpaneonpage56

Zoom

ClickthisbuttontoopenandclosetheZoominformationpane.Thispaneallowsyou tozoominonaselectedareaofthecurrentechogram.

→Zoominformationpaneonpage57

History

ClickthisbuttontoopenandclosetheHistorypane.Thispaneallowsyoutoviewthe previouslysavedechogramsforthecurrentlyactiveechogram.

→Historyinformationpaneonpage58

Navigationalinformation

Thesearenotbuttons,buteldsprovidingusefulinformationrelatedtothevessel movements.Y oucanchoosewhichinformationtobedisplayedifyouopentheDisplay

OptionsdialogfromtheDisplaysub-menu.

Note

ThisnavigationalinformationontheTitleBarmustnotbeusedfornavigation!

→DisplayOptionsonpage130

Geographicallocation

ProvidedthataGPSsystemisconnectedtotheES70,thiseldontheTitleBarwill displaythevessel’sgeographicalpositioninlongitudeandlatitude.

5.TheEchoPositioninformationpaneisonlyavailableifyourES70isequippedwithoneormoresplit

beamtransceivers.

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ThecommunicationwiththeexternalGPSsystemissetupusingtheNavigationbutton ontheSetupmenu.

→Navigation;Positiontabonpage141

Vesselheading

ProvidedthataGPSorcompasssystemisconnectedtotheES70,thiseldontheTitle

Barwilldisplaythevessel’scurrentheading.

ThecommunicationwiththeexternalGPSsystem,headingsensororgyrocompassisset upusingtheNavigationbuttonontheSetupmenu.

→Navigation;Headingtabonpage144

Vesselspeed

ProvidedthataGPSorspeedlogsystemisconnectedtotheES70,thiseldontheTitle

Barwilldisplaythevessel’scurrentspeed.

ThecommunicationwiththeexternalGPSsystemorspeedsensorissetupusingthe

NavigationbuttonontheSetupmenu.

→Navigation;Speedtabonpage142

Watertemperature

ProvidedthatatemperaturesensorisconnectedtotheES70,thiseldontheTitleBar willdisplaythewatertemperature.

Note

ThisfunctionalityisnotimplementedinSWversion1.0.0.

Depth

ThecurrentdepthforeachofthetransducersconnectedtotheES70canbeshown.

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Functionbuttons

ThevefunctionbuttonsarelocatedonthefarrightsideoftheTitleBar.

Messagebutton

ThisMessagebuttonwillindicatewhentheES70systemhasissuedamessage.Clickthe buttontoopentheMessagedialog.Ifyouholdthemousecursoroverthebutton,atooltip rectanglewillprovidealistofthemessagesthatyouhavenotacknowledged.

→Messagesonpage176

Helpbutton

ClickthisbuttontoopentheES70contextsensitiveon-linehelp.Thebuttonopens thehelpsystemonitsstartpage.

Minimizebutton

ClickthisbuttontominimizetheES70displaypresentation.Thisisanoperatingsystem function.

Resizebutton

ClickthisbuttontochangethesizeoftheES70displaypresentation.Thisisanoperating systemfunction.

Exitbutton

ClickthisbuttontoclosetheES70program.

→PowerOn/Offproceduresonpage19

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Replaybar

TheReplayBarisautomaticallyactivatedonceyouselectReplaymode.Thebaris positioneddirectlybelowtheTitleBar.

AStop:Clickthisbuttontostoptheplayback.

BPlay/Pause:Clickthisbuttontostarttheplayback,ortopauseit.

CReplayspeed:Clickthisslidertoadjustthereplayspeed.

DFileselect:Thisbuttonshowswhichleyouarecurrentlyplaying,Clickthebutton

toopentheReplaydialog.

→ReplayFileonpage177

EProgress:Thisbarshowsyouthereplayprogressofthecurrentle.Ifyouhave

chosentoloopthereplayle(s),thegreenindicatorswillstartfromlefteverytime thestartoftheleappears.

Mainmenu

Themainmenuisbydefaultlocatedontherighthandsideoftheechosounder presentation.

Themainmenuprovidesalimitednumberofkey functions,whilethesub-menusofferawiderrangeof parameters.

YoucanhidethemenubyclickingtheMenubuttonon theTitleBar.

YoucanplacethemenuontheleftsideoftheES70presentationbymeansoftheMenu

ontherightsideoptionintheDisplayOptionsdialog.

→DisplayOptionsonpage130

Menuhierarchy

1TheMainmenuprovidestheparametersmostfrequentlyusedduringnormal

operation.

2TheOperationmenucontrolsthemainoperationalparameters.

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3TheDisplaymenucontrolsthevisualaspectsofthesystem,suchasparameters

relatedtothedisplaypresentation.

4TheSetupmenuallowsyoutocontrolthecongurationofthesignalprocessing,as

wellassysteminstallationandmaintenance,andtheinterfacestoperipheraldevices.

5TheActivemenuhasitscontentlinkedtothecurrentactiveitem(vieworobject).

Useittoaccessspecialfeaturesavailablefortheselecteditem.

Formoreinformationaboutthemenusystem,seeThemenusystemonpage102.

Echograms

Surfaceechogram

Thisechogramisrelatedtotheseasurface.Startdepth(upperechogramboundary)and verticalrange(acrossechogram)aremanuallyselectedbytheStartDepthandRange buttonsontheMainmenu.

AThisisthestartdepthoftheechogram.

Inasurfaceechogramitisnormallysetup withStartRange=0,ortoasmallvalueto starttheechogramimmediatelyunderthe keel.

BThisisthebottom.

Thetotalechogramrange(A)to(F)isdened withtheRangebuttonontheMainmenu. Unlessspecicconditionsapply,oryouwish tocontroltherangemanually,useRange=

Auto.

Example:Inasurfaceechogram,settheStart

Rangevalueto0meters.Thiswillmakethe

echogramstartfromtheseasurface(provided thatthetransduceroffsethasbeendened). SetRangetothecurrentdepthplus20meters. Theechogramwillnowshowtheareafrom theseasurfaceanddownto20meters “below”thebottom.Thebottomcontouris easilydetectedwhenthedepthchanges.

CThistextidentiesthetransducerusedtocreatetheechogram.

DThisisthescopeview.

Thisviewpresentsindividualcolourlines.Thecolourandlengthofeachline reectsthereceivedechoamplitude.

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EBydefault,the“pingtime”andthedepthrangeisshowninthebottomleftsideof

theechogram.Inthebottomrightcorner,the“pingtime”isthesameascurrent. ThisinformationcanbechangedusingtheoptionsontheHorizontalAxistabinthe

Echogramdialog.

FThisisthelowerendofthedepthrange.Itisnormallyafewmetersbelowthe

bottomcontour,dependingonthechosenrange.

Relatedtopics

•StartRangeonpage114

•Rangeonpage113

•Echogramonpage158

Bottomechogram

Thisechogramisrelatedtothedetectedbottom.Stopdepth(lowerechogramboundary) andverticalrangearemanuallyselectedbytheStartDepthandRangebuttonsonthe

Mainmenu.Theechogramisonlydrawnforpingshavingasuccessfulbottomdetection.

AThisisthestartdepthoftheechogram.

Inabottomechogramitisnormallyitisset upwithStartRangesettoarelativesmall negativevalue.Thevaluedeneshowmany meterabovethebottomtheechogramwill start.

BThisisthebottom.

Sincetheechogramisrelatedtothisbottom,itappearstobeat.Fishescloseto thebottomistheneasytosee.

Therangefromthestartdepthabovethebottomanddowntosomedistancebelow theactualbottomisdenedwiththeRangebuttonontheMainmenu.

CThistextidentiesthetransducerusedtocreatetheechogram.

DThisisthescopeview.

Thisviewpresentsindividualcolourlines.Thecolourandlengthofeachline reectsthereceivedechoamplitude.

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EBydefault,the“pingtime”andthedepthrangeisshowninthebottomleftsideof

theechogram.Inthebottomrightcorner,the“pingtime”isthesameascurrent. ThisinformationcanbechangedusingtheoptionsontheHorizontalAxistabinthe

Echogramdialog.

FThisisthelowerendofthedepthrange.Itisnormallyafewmetersbelowthe

bottomcontour,dependingonthechosenrange.

Relatedtopics

•StartRangeonpage114

•Rangeonpage113

•Echogramonpage158

Pelagicechogram

Thepelagicechogramappearsverysimilartothesurfaceechogram.However,the biomasscalculationsarenotlimitedbythebottomdetection.

Example:Inapelagicechogram,settheStartRangevalueto20meters.Thiswillmake theechogramstartfrom20metersbelowtheseasurface(providedthatthetransducer offsethasbeendened).SetRangeto40meters.Theechogramwillnowshowthearea from20metersbelowtheseasurface,anddownto60metersbelowthetransducer. Providedthatthedepthislargerthan60meters,thebottomcontourisnotshown.

Relatedtopics

•StartRangeonpage114

•Rangeonpage113

•Echogramonpage158

Trawlechogram

Trawlsensorsystemscommunicateheadropedepthandheadrope-to-footropedistance totheES70atregularintervals.Theechogramcoverstheverticalopeningofthe trawlincludingasmallmarginateachside.Theheadropeandfootropemarginsare identical.TheirsizeisselectedintheT rawldialog.Theheadrope-to-footropedistance canbemanuallysetintheT rawldialogfortrawlsensorsystemsnotmeasuringthe trawlopening,orwhenthemeasuredheadrope-to-footropedistanceisunreliable.The echogramisonlydrawnwhentrawlpositioninformationisavailable.Thebiomass calculationsarenotlimitedbythebottomdetection.

Relatedtopics

•StartRangeonpage114

•Rangeonpage113

•Echogramonpage158

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Lines,markersandannotationsintheechograms

TheechogramsprovidedbytheES70maycontainadditionalinformation.

Bottomline

Thebottomcontourmaybeenhancedbyaddingabottomline.Thisisdoneinthe

EchogramdialogontheActivemenu.

→Howtoestablishhorizontalmarkersonpage71

→Bottomlineonpage211

→Echogram;Linestabonpage159

Whiteline

Thebottomcontourmayalsobeenhancedbyaddingawhiteline.

Thewhitelineisanextrathickwhitelinethatis addedtojustbelowthebottom.Thewhiteline willnotremoveinformation,itwillsimply“push” theinformationfurtherdowninordertomakethe bottomeasiertosee.

ThewhitelineisenabledintheEchogramdialogontheActivemenu.Itcannotbe usedsimultaneouslywiththehardnessline.

→Howtoestablishhorizontalmarkersonpage71

→Whitelineonpage212

→Echogram;Linestabonpage159

Hardnessline

Thebottomhardnessmaybemonitoredusingthehardnessline.

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Thehardnesslineisanextrathickcolourcoded linethatisaddedtojustbelowthebottom.The linewillnotremoveinformation,itwillsimply “push”theinformationfurtherdowninorderto makethebottomeasiertosee.Thecolourcoding containsthehardnessinformation.

Thehardnesslinecannotbeusedsimultaneously withthewhiteline.

ThehardnesslineisenabledintheEchogramdialog.

→BottomHardnessinformationpaneonpage52

→Howtoestablishhorizontalmarkersonpage71

→Hardnesslineonpage212

→Echogram;Linestabonpage159

Trawlline

Wheneveravailableandconnected,trawlsystems(PIandITI)communicateheadrope depthand/orheadrope-to-footropedistancetotheES70atregularintervals.The informationfromthesesensorsaredrawnashorizontallinesontheES70echogram.

ThetrawllineisenabledintheEchogramdialogontheActivemenu.

→Howtoestablishhorizontalmarkersonpage71

→Echogram;Linestabonpage159

VariableDepthline

Whenenabledahorizontaldepthlineisplacedwhereveryouclickintheechogram.This istypicallyusedtomeasurethewaterdepth,thedepthofaschool,orevensinglesh.

Youcanclickontheline,andthendragitupor down.

ThevariabledepthlineisenabledintheEchogram dialogontheActivemenu.

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→Echogram;Linestabonpage159

RangeOtherlines

ThisfeatureisusedwhenyousetupyourES70withbothasurfacerelatedandbottom relatedechogramshownsimultaneously.

Whenenabled,twohorizontallinesinthesurface echogramindicatetherangeselectedinthebottom echogram.

Therangeotherlinesfunctionisenabledinthe

EchogramdialogontheActivemenu.

Displayviews

→Howtoestablishhorizontalmarkersonpage71

→Echogram;Linestabonpage159

Biomassline

Thebiomassmaybemonitoredusingthebiomassline.

Thebiomasslineisanextrathickbrightly colouredlinethatisaddedtotheechogram.The linewillidentifythevariationsinbiomass.To adjusttheview,usethescale.

ThebiomasslineisenabledintheEchogram dialog.

→Biomassinformationpaneonpage51

→Howtoestablishhorizontalmarkersonpage71

→Echogram;Linestabonpage159

Rangescales

RangescalesintheechogramcanbeenabledintheEchogramdialog.

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→Howtoestablishhorizontalmarkersonpage71

→Echogram;Linestabonpage159

Verticalticks

WhenenabledintheEchogramdialog,thisfunctionplacesverticalmarkersonthe echogram.

•Time:Thisoptionplacesashortverticallineisdrawnintheupperpartofthe

echogramonceeveryspeciednumberofminutes.

•Distance:Thisoptioninsertsashortverticallineisdrawnintheupperpartofthe

echogramonceeveryspeciednumberofnauticalmiles.

→Echogram;Linestabonpage159

Annotations

Annotationsmaybeaddedtotheechogramtopinpointspecialechoes,specialevents, etc.AnnotationcanbeenteredmanuallyusingtheAnnotationdialog,ortheycanbe importedfromperipheraldevices.

Inordertoseetheannotationsontheechogram,theymustbeenabledintheEchogram dialog.

→Annotationsonpage137

→Echogram;Linestabonpage159

Informationpanes

TheSimradES70offersseverali datafromtheechogram.Thepanesareopenedandclosedusingthepanebuttonson theTitleBar.

Note

Someoftheinformationpanesareoptional.Theyarethusnotavailableforuseunlessa licencecodeisavailable.Inordertoobtainalicence,consultyourlocaldealer .

n f o r m a t i o n p a n e s toprovideadditionalanddetailed

Aboutinformationpanes

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Youcanchangethesizeoftheinformationpanetosuityourpreferences,andyoucan moveitwithintheechogrampresentationitisvalidfor.Tochangeitssize,clickonthe shadedareainthebottomrightcorner,holdthemousebuttondepressed,anddragto requestedsize.T omoveaninformationpane,justclickinsideit,holdthemousebutton depressed,andmoveittorequestedposition.

Theinformationpanesaretransparent,soyoucansafelyplaceapaneontopofthe echogramwithoutlosingtheinformationbehindit.Thedegreeoftransparencyis controlledbytheT ransparencybuttonontheDisplaymenu.

Allinformationpanesareprovidedwithsmallbuttonsinthetoprightcorner.

•Thetoprightbuttonclosestheinformationpane.Notethatyoucanalsoclosethe

paneifyouclickonemoretimeonitsbuttonontheTitleBar.

•Theotherbuttonwillrestoretheinformationpanetoitsoriginalsizeandlocation.

•Someoftheinformationpanesareprovidedwitha“tool”button.Thisbuttonsopens

adialogrelevanttotheinformationshowninthepane.

Depthinformationpane

TheDepthinformationpanedisplaysthecurrentdepthforthechosentransducerand frequency.

TheT oolintheinformationpanebuttonopensthe

BottomDetectordialog.Thisdialogisalsoavailable

fromtheActivemenu.

→BottomDetectoronpage167

Toopenthisinformationpane,clicktheDepthiconontheTitleBar.

Biomassinformationpane

TheBiomassinformationpanedisplaysthecurrentbiomasscalculatedforthecurrentset ofechogram.Onlythebiomasscalculatedforthecurrenttransducerfrequencyisshown.

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Biomassisanoptionalfunction.InordertoactivatetheBiomassinformationpane, youmustobtainalicence.

Echogram:Youcanseebiomassfromthreedifferent

sources.

•UpperEchogram:Thisbiomassvalueiscalculated fromtheshechoesfromthetopechogramfor thechosenchannel.Bydefault,thisisasurface echogram.

•LowerEchogram:Thisbiomassvalueiscalculated fromtheshechoesfromthebottomechogramfor thechosenchannel.Bydefault,thisisabottom echogram.

•Zoom:Thisbiomassvalueiscalculatedfromthesh echoesfromthecurrentlyzoomedarea.

Toopenthisinformationpane,clicktheBiomassiconontheTitleBar.

Relatedtopics

•Biomasslineonpage49

•Howtomonitorthecurrentbiomassonpage78

•Aboutbiomassonpage204

BottomHardnessinformationpane

TheBottomHardnessinformationpanedisplaysthecurrentbottomhardnesscalculated usingthebottomechostrengthinthecurrentechogram.

Note

Bottomhardnessisanoptionalfunction.InordertoactivatetheBottomHardness

informationpane,youmustobtainalicence.

Theverticallineinthehardnesscolourscalepositions thecurrentping.Thehardnessofthecurrentpingisalso shownwiththenumericalvalue.

Thebottomhardnesscanalsobeindicatedbyenabling thebottomhardnesslineintheEchogramdialog.

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Thislineusesthesamecolourcodingastheinformationpane,butplacesthisasathick lineimmediatelyunderthebottomlineintheechogram.

→Hardnesslineonpage212

→Echogram;Linestabonpage159

Toopenthisinformationpane,clicktheBottomHardnessiconontheTitleBar.

ColourScaleinformationpane

TheColourScalepanedisplaysthecurrentcolourscaleyouareusingfortheechogram presentation.

Tochangethecolourscale,clickColourSetuponthe

Displaymenu.

Toopenthisinformationpane,clicktheColourScaleiconontheTitleBar.

Youcanlterouttheweakestechoesbymanuallymodifyingthecolourthreshold.

1ClicktheColourScaleiconontheTitleBartoopentheColourScaleinformation

pane.

2Movethecursortotheleftsideofthecolourscale.

Observethatthecursorchangesshapetoadualarrowline.

3Clickontheleftedgeofthecolourscale,anddragtheedgetowardsright.

4Observethattheweakestcoloursareremovedfromthecolourscale,andthusalso

theweakestechoesfromtheechogrampresentation.

Figure9Colourscalesusing12and64colours

12colours

64colours,Echosounder

64colours,Sonar

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64colours,Greyscale

64colours,BI500colours

Relatedtopics

•Howtochangethecolourscaleandpresentationpaletteonpage69

•Howtochangethenumberofcoloursintheechogramonpage70

•ColourSetuponpage125

SizeDistributioninformationpane

TheSizeDistributionpaneprovidesavisualindicationonhowlargetheshesinthe echogramare.Onlytheshesdetectedbythecurrenttransducerfrequencyareshown.

Note

TheSizeDistributioninformationpaneisonlyavailableifyourES70isequippedwith

oneormoresplitbeamtransceivers.

Toopenthisinformationpane,clicktheSizeDistribution iconontheTitleBar.

TheSizeDistributioninformationpaneshowsa histogramofthesingleshechoesdetectedinthe echogram.Foranaccuratex-axisvalue,placethecursor onaverticalbarinthehistogram,andreadthevalue fromthelabel.TheabbreviationTSiscommonlyused. Itmeans“TargetStrength”,andthisisameasureof howstrongechotheindividualshesinthecurrent echogramgenerate.Theechostrengthindicatesthesize oftheshes.TheSizeDistributioninformationpanethus providesamathematicalestimateofthesizesofallthe chosenshspeciesintheechogram.

→SizeDistributioninformationpaneonpage54

Tochangetheshspecies,usetheFishSelectdialog openedontheSetupmenu.

ThefollowinginformationisprovidedintheSizeDistributioninformationpane.

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•Fishspecies:Thecurrentshspecies,asselectedintheFishSelectdialog,isshown.

→FishSelectonpage139

•Echogram:Y oucanseesizedistributionhistogramsfromthreedifferentsources.

–UpperEchogram:Thishistogramiscreatedbasedonshechoesfromthetop

echogramforthechosenchannel.

Bydefault,thisisasurfaceechogram.

–LowerEchogram:Thishistogramiscreatedbasedonshechoesfromthebottom

echogramforthechosenchannel.

Bydefault,thisisabottomechogram.

Ifyouhaveselectedonlyasmallverticalrangeclosetobottom,thehistogram maybeempty.Thisbecausetheshvolumeissmallduetothelimitedrange selected,andbecausethetargetstrengthalgorithmmusttakeintoconsideration otherbottomechoesthansh.

–ZoomEchogram:Thishistogramiscreatedbasedonshechoesfromthecurrently

zoomedarea.

Displayviews

•Meanvalue:Thelargenumberaboveeachhistogramisthemeanvaluefromthe tallestbar.TheunitreectsthemodechosenintheSizeDistributiondialog.

→SizeDistributiononpage166

Tochangethesettingsinthehistogram,clickSizeDistributionontheActivemenu.

Relatedtopics

•Howtomonitortheshsizedistributiononpage77

•SizeDistributiononpage166

•FishSelectonpage139

FishPositioninformationpane

TheFishPositioninformationpaneshowsthepositionwithinthebeamofthedetected singleechoesforthecurrentping(largestcircles)andthethreepreviousping(smaller circles).Thecoloursindicatetheechostrength.

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TheFishPositioninformationpaneisonlyavailable ifyourES70isequippedwithoneormoresplitbeam transceivers.

Source:Thisisthesourceoftheshposition

information.Intheexample,thesurfaceechogramis usedtodeterminethelatestshpositions.

Toopenthisinformationpane,clicktheFishPositioniconontheTitleBar.

EchoPositioninformationpane

TheEchoPositionpaneshowsthepositionwithinthebeamofthedetectedsingleechoes forthecurrentping(largestcircles)andthethreepreviousping(smallercircles).

Note

TheEchoPositioninformationpaneisonlyavailable ifyourES70isequippedwithoneormoresplitbeam transceivers.

Toopenthisinformationpane,clicktheEchoPosition iconontheTitleBar.

ThisisbasicallythesameviewastheFishPosition. howevertheechoesarehereviewedfromthesideand notfromabove.

Source:Thisisthesourceoftheechoposition

information.Intheexample,thesurfaceechogramis usedtodeterminethelatestechopositions.

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Zoominformationpane

TheZoominformationpaneallowsyoutozoominonachosenareaonthecurrent echogram.

OncetheZoominformationpaneisopened,the zoomedareaisvisibleasadottedrectangleonthe echogram.Y oucanchangethiszoomedareatoany sizeandshape,theechoesinsidethezoomedareawill alwaysbeshownintheZoominformationpane.

AreaFixedToV essel:Whentherectangularzoomed

areaisestablished,itcaneitherfollowtheechogram whileitmovestowardstheleft,oritcanstayput. WhenAreaFixedT oV esselisactive,thezoomedarea willbepermanentlypositionedontheechogram.The echoeswillthenrunthroughthearea,andthusalso throughtheZoominformationpane.

Displayviews

Toopenthisinformationpane,clicktheZoomiconontheTitleBar.

Figure10Zoomexample

AZoominformationpane

BZoomedarearectangle

Inthisexample,thezoomedarearectangle ispositioneddirectlyabovetheZoom informationpane.Ifyouclickonanyofthe fourcornersoftherectangle,youcandragit toanysizeandshape.

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Historyinformationpane

TheHistoryinformationpanedoesnotusethesamepresentationmethodastheother panes.Thefunctionallowsyoutoviewpreviouslyrecordedechogramsequences.In ordertodothis,thecurrent“active”echogramissplitintwo,andtheleftsideisused todisplaytherecordedhistory.

ClicktheHistoryiconontheTitleBartoenablethisfunction.

Thisfunctionisusedtostoreechogramsonbitmapformat.TheES70willcontinuously saveechogrampicturestoitsinternalharddisk.Thesecanberecalledonthedisplay. TheinformationintheHistorypresentationisthesameasontheoriginalechogram presentation.

Thenumberofhistorylesislimited.Afterreachingthemaximumnumberofles,the newestechogrampictureoverwritestheoldestone.Thehistoryfunctionstillallowsyou toquicklylookthroughechogrampicturescoveringseveralhours.

Figure11Historypresentation

ATheoriginal“active”echogram

presentation

BTheoriginalscopeviewpresentation

CTheHistorypresentation

DClickthisbuttonanddragsidewaysto

scrollthroughtherecordedimages

Thehorizontalwidthofthehistorypresentationcanbeadjustedbyclickingtheright border,anddraggingitsideways.

Taskbar

TheT askbarislocatedatthebottomofthedisplay.TheT askbarcontainstabstocontrol

theechogrampresentations,aswellastimeanddateinformation.

TheT askbarcontainsthefollowinginformation:

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AScreenCaptures:Thistabhidesthecurrent“live”echogramsfromview,andallows

youtoseetheechogramimagesyouhavepreviouslysavedusingtheScreenCapture buttonontheTitleBar.Theechogramsarepresentedinagraphicbrowser.Y oucan openanyoftheimagesforacloserstudy,oryoucanaccessthelesdirectlyby clickingtheOpenImageFolderbutton.

→Operationbuttonsonpage37

→Screencapturesonpage59

BPresentationformatIfonlyoneactivefrequencychannelisinuse,youwillhave

onlyoneechogram.Thesetabsarethennotshown.

•V ertical:Thistabplacesyourcurrentechogramsnexttoeachotherinavertical presentation.

•Horizontal:Thistabplacesyourcurrentechogramsontopofeachotherina horizontalpresentation.

CTransducerpresentationThesetabswillreecttheactualtransducersusedbythe

echosounder.Thetwotransducersshownherearejustanexample.Ifonlyone transducerisinuse,youwillhaveonlyoneechogram.Thesetabsarethennot shown.

•ES38:Thistaballocatestheechosounderpresentationtoonlyshowthe echogramfromthistransducer.

•ES120:Thistaballocatestheechosounderpresentationtoonlyshowthe echogramfromthistransducer.

DDate:Thiseldonthestatusbarpresentsthecurrentdate.Notethatduringreplay,

thedateofthereplayleisshown.An“R”isdisplayedinfrontofthedateto identifythis.

ETime:Thiseldonthestatusbarpresentsthecurrenttime.Notethatduringreplay,

thetimesinthereplayleisshown.

Relatedtopics

•Howtoselectpresentationlayoutonpage69

Screencaptures

TheES70providesabuilt-inscreencapturefunction,andabrowsertoviewthesaved images.

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Figure12Screencapturebrowser

Tosaveanechogram,clicktheScreenCapturebuttonontheTitleBar.

Toviewtherecordedimage,clickScreenCaptureontheTaskbartoopentheimage browser.

ClickOpenImageFoldertoopentheoperatingsystemfoldercontainingtheles.This folderoffersoperatingsystemfunctionalitytoproviderenaming,copying,printing anddeletingles.

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Thischaptercontainsseveraloperationalproceduresexplaininghowyoucanputyour ES70Fishndingechosoundertouse.

Note

TheseproceduresassumethatyouarefairlyfamiliarwiththeMicrosoftWindows operatingsystem.PhrasesandterminologyareconsistentwiththeMicrosoftstyleguide. Theproceduresalsoassumethatyouoperatetheechosounderwithamouseortrackball.

Topics

•Gettingstarted

–PowerOn/Offproceduresonpage19

–Howtochooseoperationalmodeonpage22

–Howtocheckthetransceiverandtransducersettingsonpage22

–Howtocheckthebottomdetectorsettingsonpage23

–Howtocheckthecolourscalesettingsonpage24

–Howtocheckthesizedistributionandshpositionsettingsonpage24

–Howtochecktheechogramsettingsonpage25

–Howtochecktherangesettingsonpage27

•Operation

–Howtochangethepingrateonpage63

–Howtosaveanechogramonpage64

–Howtosaverawechogramdataonpage66

–Howtoplaybackechogramsequencesonpage67

•Views

–Howtochangethesizeofthepresentationeldsonpage68

–Howtoselectpresentationlayoutonpage69

–Howtochangethecolourscaleandpresentationpaletteonpage69

–Howtochangethenumberofcoloursintheechogramonpage70

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•Echograms

–Howtoselectechogrampresentationonpage70

–Howtoestablishhorizontalmarkersonpage71

–Howtoestablishverticalmarkersonpage72

–HowtoselectTVGgainonpage73

–Howtoremoveinterferenceandvessel’ sownnoisefromtheechogramsonpage74

–Howtoeasieridentifythebottomonpage74

•Range

–Howtochoosetheverticalrangeonpage75

–Howtochoosethestartrangeonpage75

•Bottomdetection

–Howtodenemaximumandminimumdepthonpage76

•Sizedistribution,biomassandshdensity

–Howtomonitortheshsizedistributiononpage77

–Howtoadjusttheshlengthforcorrectcalculationsonpage78

–Howtomonitorthecurrentbiomassonpage78

•Gain

–Howtoadjustthesignalgainonpage79

–HowtoadjusttheTVGgainonpage80

•Powerandpulseduration

–Howtochoosepassivemodeonpage81

–Howtochangetheoutputpoweronpage81

–Howtoadjustthepulsedurationonpage82

•Installation

–Howtoinstallafrequencychannelonpage82

–Howtodisconnectafrequencychannelonpage83

–HowtomodifyanIPaddressonpage84

–Howtoinstallandupgradethesoftwareonpage85

•Externalinterfaces

–HowtosetuptheEthernetoutputinterfaceonpage88

–HowtosetuptheSimradITITrawlsysteminterfaceonpage89

–HowtosetuptheSimradPICatchmonitoringsysteminterfaceonpage90

–Howtosetupthesonarsysteminterfaceonpage91

–Howtosetupthenavigationsysteminterfaceonpage92

–Howtosetupthemotionsensorinterfaceonpage94

–Howtosetupthedepthoutputonpage95

–Howtosetuptheannotationinterfaceonpage96

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•Testandmaintenance

–Receivertestonpage97

–GPTpowerrecycleonpage98

–Accesstologlesonpage99

–Rulesfortransducerhandlingonpage99

–Rulesfortransducermaintenanceonpage100

–Approvedanti-foulingpaintsfortransducersonpage101

Arethereanyproceduresmissing?Areyouperforminganoperationthatwehavenot explained?Writeane-mailtos includetheprocedureinthenextversionofthismanual.

i m r a d . s u p p o r t @ s i m r a d . c o m andask.Wemaythen

Operation

Theseproceduresarerelatedtothebasicuseoftheechosounder.

Howtochangethepingrate

ThePingrateistheparameterthatcontrolshowoftentheechosoundershalltransmit acousticenergy(a“ping”)intothewater.

Ifyouobserveapelagicechoonthesounder,anditseemstofollowthebottomcontour, itmayinfactbeafalseechofromtheprevioustransmission(“ping”).Theonlyway toremovethisfalseechoistoreducethepingrate.Ifyoudothis,alltheechoesfrom thepreviouspingwillhavedisappearedbeforeyoutransmitthenext.Onoldpaper basedechosoundersthepenspentalongtimeontherearsideofthepapertray,andthat reducedthepingrate.TheES70isal theenergyfromthepreviouspinghasdisappeared.

1ClicktheOperationiconundertheMainmenutoopentheOperationsub-menu.

2ClickPing,andselectOn.

o t faster,andyoumaysendoutapingevenbefore

Thetwoiconsprovidedbythisbuttoncanalsobeusedtoenableordisable transmission.

•Thelefticon(darkrectangle)is“Off”.

•Therighticonis“On”.ItisalsousedtoinitiatesinglepingswhenSingleStep modeisselected.

→Pingonpage118

3Howtochoosemaximumpingrate:

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aClickPingMode,andselectMaximum.

ThiswillmaketheES70pingwithmaximumspeed.Thetimebetweeneach pingisautomaticallydeterminedbythecurrentdepthandpulseduration.

→PingModeonpage119

4Howtodeneapinginterval:

aClickPingMode,andselectInterval.

bClickPingInterval,andselectthetime(inmilliseconds)betweeneachping.

→PingIntervalonpage120

5Howtotransmitsinglepings:

aClickPingMode,andselectSingleStep.

bToinitiateasingleping,clickonceontherighthandicononthePingbutton.

Howtosaveanechogram

Twowaystosaveechograms

•YoucanusetheScreenCapturebuttonontheTitleBar.Everytimeyouclickthis buttonthecurrentechogramissavedasaJPGle.

Theadvantagewiththismethodisthatthelesaresmallindividualimagesandeasy toscrollthrough.However,theimagesarexed,whatwasrecordedintherstplace cannotbealtered.

•YoucanusetheRecordbuttonontheTitleBar,orontheDisplaymenu,tosaveraw datasequences.

Everytimeyouinitiatethisfunctionyoustartarecordingprocesswhichsavesthe

sequenceofrawdatafromthetransceiver.Thissequencecanbereplayedlater.

Theadvantagewiththisfunction–savingrawdatasequences–isthatallthe informationpresentedduringtherecordingaresaved.Thismeansthatyoucanchange parameterslikeTVG,range,etc.duringtheplayback.However,thelesarelarge, andplaybackmaybeatimeconsumingtask.

→Howtosaverawechogramdataonpage66

Howtosavesingleechograms

1ClicktheScreenCapturebuttonontheTitleBartosavethecurrentechogram.

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1OntheTaskbar,clickScreenCaptures.

Observethatthebuilt-inimagebrowserstarts.Allthecurrentlysavedechogram imagesareshownasminiatures.

→Operationbuttonsonpage37

2Double-clickontheminiatureyouwishtosee.

3ClickReturnT oBrowsertoclosetheimage.

Howtocopyanddeleteechogramles

Operationalprocedures

1OntheTaskbar,clickScreenCaptures.

Observethatthebuilt-inimagebrowserstarts.Allthecurrentlysavedechogram imagesareshownasminiatures.

→Operationbuttonsonpage37

2Intheimagebrowser,clickOpenImageFolder.

3Tocopyale:

aConnectaUSBmemorydevicetooneofthecomputer’sUSBsockets.

bSelectthele.

cRight-clicktoopentheshort-cutmenu.

dClickSendtoandselectthememorydevice.

4Todeleteale:

aSelectthele.

bRight-clicktoopentheshort-cutmenu.

cClickDelete.

5Toprintale:

aSelectthele.

bRight-clicktoopentheshort-cutmenu.

cClickPrint.

Notethatthisfunctionwillsendtheimagetothedefaultprinterusingdefaultprint parameters.Ifyouwishtoapplymorecontroltotheprintingprocess,youmustcopy theechogramimagetoanothercomputer,andopenitwithasuitableeditor.

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Howtosaverawechogramdata

Twowaystosaveechograms

•YoucanusetheScreenCapturebuttonontheTitleBar.Everytimeyouclickthis buttonthecurrentechogramissavedasaJPGle.

Theadvantagewiththismethodisthatthelesaresmallindividualimagesandeasy toscrollthrough.However,theimagesarexed,whatwasrecordedintherstplace cannotbealtered.

•YoucanusetheRecordbuttonontheTitleBar,orontheDisplaymenu,tosaveraw datasequences.

Everytimeyouinitiatethisfunctionyoustartarecordingprocesswhichsavesthe

sequenceofrawdatafromthetransceiver.Thissequencecanbereplayedlater.

→Howtosaverawechogramdataonpage66

Thisprocedureexplainshowtostorerawechogramdata.Eachsequenceofrawdata –oftenregardedasa“line”duringasurvey–containsasetofechogramdatasaved ondigitalformat.Oncesaved,youcanplaybackthisdatajustasifitwas“normal” echogramdata.

Procedure

Note

Rawdatalesareverylarge.Ifyouwishtorecordlargeamountsofechogramrawdata, makesurethatyouhaveenoughspaceonyouharddisk.

1ClicktheOperationiconundertheMainmenutoopentheOperationsub-menu.

2ClickRecordtoopenthesub-menu.

→Recordonpage123

3ClickFileOutputtoopentheFileOutputdialog.

4IntheFileOutputdialog;

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bOntheRawDatatab,clickSaveRawDatatoenablethisexport.

Rawdataaretheechodatareceiveddirectlyfromtheoutputofthetransceiver. ThedatacanlaterbereplayedontheES70.Thedatacontainsampledata,echo soundercongurationdata,navigationdata(NMEAformat)andannotations (ifany).

cDeneanyotherparameterstotyourrequirements.

→FileOutputonpage178

5ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

6Tostartrecording,youhavetwochoices:

aIntheRecordbutton,selectOn.

bOntheTitleBar,clicktheRecordbutton.

Operationalprocedures

Whenactivated,theRecordbuttonisred.

→Operationbuttonsonpage37

7Tostoprecording,youhavetwochoices:

aIntheRecordbutton,selectOff.

bOntheTitleBar,clicktheRecordbutton.

Whennotactivated,theRecordbuttonisblack.

→Operationbuttonsonpage37

Howtoplaybackechogramsequences

Youcansaveechogramsitwoways.Bitmapimagesaresavedcontinuously,andthese canberecalledbymeansoftheScreenCapturebuttonontheTaskbar.Echogram sequencesarerecordedusingtheRecordfunctionontheOperationmenu.These sequencesareplayedbackbyplacingtheES70inReplaymode.

1ClicktheOperationiconundertheMainmenutoopentheOperationsub-menu.

2ClicktheOperationbuttontoopenitssub-menu.

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→Operationonpage117

3ClickReplayFiletoopentheReplayFiledialog.

TheReplaydialogisusedtondthelestobereplayed.Thelenamesare generatedautomatically,andeachleisidentiedwiththetimeanddateitwas made.

Ifyouwishtorunthereplaycontinuously,clickLoopintheReplayFiledialog.

→ReplayFileonpage177

4IntheOperationsub-menu,clickReplaytoselectthefunction.

ObservethattheReplaybaropens.

→Replaybaronpage43

5ClickthestartbuttonintheReplaybartostarttheplayback.

6Tostoptheplayback,clickthestopbuttonintheReplaybar,orgobacktoNormal

mode.

Views

Theseproceduresexplainhowtocontrolthepresentationsonthedisplay.

Relatedtopics

•Aboutrangeselectiononpage210

•Aboutdynamicrangeanddisplaypresentationonpage206

Howtochangethesizeofthepresentationelds

Youcanmodifythesizeofeachindividualeldintheechosounderpresentation.The contentinaeldthatchangessizewillautomaticallyadjusttotakefulladvantageof thespaceavailable.Bymeansofthisfunctionalityyoucanforexampleincreasethe charactersizeofthedepthvalue.

1Movethecursortotheborderlinebetweentwoelds.Observethatthemarker

changesform;itwillappearastwoparallellineswitharrowspointingout.

2Clickontheleftmousebutton,andkeepitdepressed.

3Movethemouse–orrollthecontrolwheel–andobservethattheborderlinemoves.

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4Releasethemousebutton.

Howtoselectpresentationlayout

Youechosoundermaybesetupwithoneormorefrequencies(channels).TheLayout dialogandtheT askbarallowsyoutocontrolwhichchannelsyoucanseeonthedisplay, andhowtheyarepresented.

1ClicktheDisplayiconundertheMainmenutoopentheDisplaysub-menu.

2ClickLayouttoopentheLayoutdialog.

TheLayoutdialoglistsallyouractivechannels,Y oucanenableordisablethe presentationofindividualchannels.

→Layoutonpage130

3Inordertocontrolthehorizontalorverticalpresentationwhenyouhavetwoor

moreechograms,usethebuttonsontheTaskbar.

•Horizontalforahorizontalpresentation

•Verticalforaverticalpresentation

•[Transducername]toseeonlytheechogramforthechosentransducer

→T askbaronpage58

Howtochangethecolourscaleandpresentationpalette

Bydefaultyouhave64or12coloursavailabletopresenttheechograms,andaselection ofpalettes.ThecolourscalecanberetrievedanytimebyclickingtheColourScale iconontheTitleBar.

WhichcolourscaletouseisdenedintheColourSetupdialogontheDisplaysub-menu.

→TitleBaronpage36

→ColourScaleinformationpaneonpage53

→ColourSetuponpage125

1ClicktheDisplayiconundertheMainmenutoopentheDisplaysub-menu.

2ClickColourSetuptoopentheColourSetupdialog.

3Selectpaletteandechogramcolourstosuityourrequirements

4ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

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Howtochangethenumberofcoloursintheechogram

Bydefaultyouhave64or12coloursavailabletopresenttheechograms,andaselection ofpalettes.ThecolourscalecanberetrievedanytimebyclickingtheColourScale iconontheTitleBar.

WhichcolourscaletouseisdenedintheColourSetupdialogontheDisplaysub-menu.

→TitleBaronpage36

→ColourScaleinformationpaneonpage53

→ColourSetuponpage125

Youcanlterouttheweakestechoesbymanuallymodifyingthecolourthreshold.

1ClicktheColourScaleiconontheTitleBartoopentheColourScaleinformation

pane.

2Movethecursortotheleftsideofthecolourscale.

Observethatthecursorchangesshapetoadualarrowline.

3Clickontheleftedgeofthecolourscale,anddragtheedgetowardsright.

4Observethattheweakestcoloursareremovedfromthecolourscale,andthusalso

theweakestechoesfromtheechogrampresentation.

Echogram

Theseproceduresexplainthevariousparameterscontrollingtheechogram.

Relatedtopics

•Aboutrangeselectiononpage210

•Aboutdynamicrangeanddisplaypresentationonpage206

•Aboutbottomslopesonpage209

•AboutTVGgainonpage205

•Aboutbottomlinesonpage211

Howtoselectechogrampresentation

OntheES70youcanchoosefromseveralechogrampresentations.

1ClicktheActiveiconundertheMainmenutoopentheActivesub-menu.

2ClickEchogramtoopentheEchogramdialog.

→Echogramonpage158

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3OntheEchogramtab,chooseEchogramT ype.

Thefollowingechogramtypesareavailable:

•Surface:Theechogramisrelatedtotheseasurface.Startdepth(upperechogram boundary)andverticalrange(acrossechogram)aremanuallyselectedbythe

StartDepthandRangebuttonsontheMainmenu.

→StartRangeonpage114

→Rangeonpage113

•Bottom:Theechogramisrelatedtothedetectedbottom.Stopdepth(lower echogramboundary)andverticalrangearemanuallyselectedbytheStartDepth andRangebuttonsontheMainmenu.Theechogramisonlydrawnforpings havingasuccessfulbottomdetection.

•Pelagic:ThisechogramisnearlyidenticaltotheSurfaceechogram.However, thebiomasscalculationsarenotrestrictedbythebottomdetection.Thismeans thatthebottomechowillbeincludedincalculationsifitappearswithinthe chosenrange.

Example:Ifyouareinvestigatingalargeschoolofpelagicsh,settheStart

RangeandRangetoenclosetheschool.Iftheschoolislargeenough,aSurface

echogrammaymistakeitforbottom,andthebiomassreadingswillbewrong. ThePelagicechogramwillhoweverdisregardthebottomdetection,andgivea correctestimateofthebiomass.

•T rawl:Trawlsensorsystemscommunicateheadropedepthand headrope-to-footropedistancetotheES70atregularintervals.Theechogram coverstheverticalopeningofthetrawlincludingasmallmarginateachside. Theheadropeandfootropemarginsareidentical.Thebiomasscalculationsare notrestrictedbythebottomdetection.

→Trawlonpage145

Note

Thechosenechogramtypewillonlyapplytothecurrentlyselected“active” echogram.Ifyouwishthechangestoapplytoallsimilarechograms,clickApply

ToAll.

4ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

Howtoestablishhorizontalmarkers

Arangeofhorizontalmarkerscanbeenabledordisabled.

1ClicktheActiveiconundertheMainmenutoopentheActivesub-menu.

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2ClickEchogramtoopentheEchogramdialog.

→Echogramonpage158

3OntheLinestab,observethevariousmarkersthatcanbeenabled.

•BottomLine

•WhiteLine

•HardnessLine

•TrawlLines

•VariableDepthline

•RangeOtherlines

•Biomassline

•Scalelines

→Lines,markersandannotationsintheechogramsonpage47

→Echogram;Linestabonpage159

4Enablethelinesyouwishtosee.

NotethattheWhiteLineandtheHardnessLinecannotbeusedsimultaneously.

5ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

Howtoestablishverticalmarkers

Arangeofverticalmarkerscanbeenabledordisabled.

1ClicktheActiveiconundertheMainmenutoopentheActivesub-menu.

2ClickEchogramtoopentheEchogramdialog.

→Echogramonpage158

3OntheLinestab,observethevariousverticalmarkersthatcanbeenabled.

•Time

•Distance

•Annotations

TheannotationsarecontrolledontheAnnotationdialog,buttoplacethe annotationsontheechogram,youmustenablethemintheEchogramdialog.

→Lines,markersandannotationsintheechogramsonpage47

→Echogram;Linestabonpage159

→Annotationsonpage137

4Enabletheverticalmarkersyouwishtosee.

5ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

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HowtoselectTVGgain

IntheEchogramdialogyoucanchoosewhichTVGgainyouwishtouse.

TheTVGcanbechosenusingtheEchogramdialog(describedhere),orwiththeTVG buttonontheActivesub-menu.

→HowtoadjusttheTVGgainonpage80.

1ClicktheActiveiconundertheMainmenutoopentheActivesub-menu.

2ClickEchogramtoopentheEchogramdialog.

→Echogramonpage158

3OntheEchogramtab,observethevariousTVGsettingsthatcanbeapplied.

•Power(NoTVG):TVGgainisnotimplemented.Thissettingishardlyeverused.

•School(20logTVG):Thisgainsettingprovidesthelargestamplicationcloseto thebottom.Ithasbeendesignedtoprovidethebestechoesfromschools.

•Fish(40logTVG):Thisgainsettingprovidesloweramplicationclosetothe bottom.Ithasbeendesignedtoprovidethebestechoesfromsinglesh.

•T argets(40logTVG):Basically,thissettingusesthesameTVGamplicationas

Fish,butadditionallteringisimplemented.Onlyechoesdetectedandinterpreted

assingleshareshown.Theechoesarecompensatedfortheirphysicalposition inthebeam(beamcompensation).Thismeansthatshintheouterregionofthe beamareadjustedtocorrectsizeeventhoughtheirechoesareweaker.

•T argetMix(40logTVG):Basically,thissettingusesthesameTVGamplication asFish,butadditionalbeamcompensationisimplemented.Echoesdetected andinterpretedassingleshareadjustedtotheircorrectsizeaccordingtotheir physicalpositioninthebeam.

[7]

•User(V ariableTVG):ThissettingallowsyoutodeneyourownTVGsetting.

→AboutTVGgainonpage205

→Echogram;Echogramtabonpage161

4ChooseyourTVGsetting.

Notethatthechangesmadeinthistabwillbedefaultonlybeappliedtothe currentlyselected“active”echogram(identiedwithathickborder).Ifyouwish toapplythechangestoalltheotherechogramsofthesametype(forexampleall bottomrelatedechograms,clickApplyT oAll.

[6]

5ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

6.NotethatthisT argets(40logTVG)settingisonlyfunctionalwithsplitbeamtransducers.

7.NotethatthisT argetMix(40logTVG)settingisonlyfunctionalwithsplitbeamtransducers.

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Howtoremoveinterferenceandvessel’sownnoisefrom theechograms

TheActivesub–menuoffersadedicatedltertoremoveinterferenceandnoisefrom yourownvessel.Thislterhasbeendevelopedforoursonars,andhasprovento beveryuseful.

1ClicktheActiveiconundertheMainmenutoopentheActivesub-menu.

2ClickPing-PingFilter,andmaketheadjustmentstotyourrequirements.

•Off:Noltering

•2of3:Forthecurrentechopixeltobeshown,theechopixelfromatleastoneof

thetwopreviouspingsmusthaveacolourvaluedifferentfromthebackground.

•2of2:Forthecurrentechopixeltobeshown,theechopixelfromtheprevious

pingmusthaveacolourvaluedifferentfromthebackgroundtobeshown.

•3of3:Forthecurrentechopixeltobeshown,theechopixelfromthetwo

previouspingsmusthaveacolourvaluedifferentfromthebackgroundtobe shown.

→Ping-PingFilteronpage165

Howtoeasieridentifythebottom

TheEchogramdialogallowsyoutoenablebottomlineorwhitelinetoeasieridentify thebottom.

1ClicktheActiveiconundertheMainmenutoopentheActivesub-menu.

2ClickEchogramtoopentheEchogramdialog.

→Echogramonpage158

3OntheLinestab,observethevariouslinesthatcanbeapplied.

→Aboutbottomlinesonpage211

→Echogram;Linestabonpage159

4ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

Ranges

Theseproceduresexplainhowtochangetheverticalrange,thatishowtocontrolthe depthtobeshownbytheechogram.

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•Aboutrangeselectiononpage210

•Aboutbottomslopesonpage209

•Aboutbottomlinesonpage211

Howtochoosetheverticalrange

TheverticalrangeiscontrolledbytheRangebuttonontheMainmenu.

→Rangeonpage113

Forexamplesettings,seeHowtochoosethestartrangeonpage75.

1Method1:

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aClick[+]or[-]toadjusttherangemanually.

2Method2:

aClickthemiddleofthebuttontoopenit.

bClickanyrangevalue(includingAutowhenavailable)toselectit.

Howtochoosethestartrange

TheverticalstartrangeiscontrolledbytheStartRangebuttonontheMainmenu.

→StartRangeonpage114

1Method1:

aClick[+]or[-]toadjustthestartrangemanually.

2Method2:

aClickthemiddleofthebutton,holdthemousebuttondepressed,anddrag

sideways.

3Method3canonlybeusedifyouhaveakeyboard:

aClickthemiddleofthebuttontoopenit.

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bEnteranyvaluefromthekeyboard.

Bottomdetection

Theseproceduresexplainhowyoucancontrolthebottomdetection.

Relatedtopics

•Aboutrangeselectiononpage210

•Aboutbottomslopesonpage209

Howtodenemaximumandminimumdepth

WhenyouusetheES70itisveryimportantthattheechosounderdetectsand“locks”on thecorrectdepth.Normallythiswillhappenautomatically,butcertainseaorbottom conditions,ortheappearanceoflargeschoolsofsh,may“fool”thesounder.Whenthe bottomisundetectedyouwillread0.00metersdepth,oranyothererroneousvalue.In ordertoguidetheES70tolocatethecorrectdepth,youmaysometimesndituseful tofollowthisprocedure.

1ClicktheActiveiconundertheMainmenutoopentheActivesub-menu.

2ClickBottomDetectortoopentheBottomDetectordialog.

→BottomDetectoronpage167

3EnteraMinimumDepth.

Thissettingeliminatesallunwantedbottomdetectionsfromthetransducersurface anddowntothedeneddepth.Afalsebottomdetectionwithinthisareawould causeerroneousdepthread-outandincorrectbottomexpansion.

4EnteraMaximumDepth.

Setthisdepthtoapproximately50%morethantheexpecteddepth.Iftheecho soundershouldloosebottomdetectionduetoairorotherdisturbances,itwilltryto relocatethedepthwithintheminimumandmaximumdepthsyouhavedened.Do notexaggerate.Ifyouforexampleenter5000metersandthebottomtrackislost, theechosounderwillsearchtheentiredepthfornewbottomlock.Thiswilltakea lotoftime,andalotofinformationwillbelostduringthesearch,especiallyduring roughseaconditionswithairbeingforcedunderthehull.

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5ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

Ifyousetmaximumdepthtoavalueidenticalorsmallerthantheminimumvalue,the bottomdetectionalgorithmwillbedisabled.Theechosounderwillthennotbeableto detectthebottomatall,andthedisplayeddepthwillbe0.00m

Sizedistribution,biomassandshdensity

Ifyouusea“splitbeam”transduceronyourES70theechosounderwillyouprovideyou withinformationaboutthesizedistributionanddensityoftheshbeneaththehull.

Relatedtopics

•Aboutbiomassonpage204

Howtomonitortheshsizedistribution

ThesizedistributionispresentedusingtheSizeDistributioninformationpane.

→SizeDistributioninformationpaneonpage54

1ClicktheSizeDistributioniconontheTitleBartoopentheinformationbar.

2Tochangethesizeoftheinformationpane,clickinthebottomrightcorner,hold

themousebuttondepressed,anddrag.

3Clickonthehistogramtitlestoseetherelevantpresentations.

4Tochangethepresentationparameters:

aClickthetoolbuttoninthetoprightcorneroftheinformationpanetoopen

theSizeDistributiondialog.

ThedialogcanalsobeopenedfromtheActivesub-menu.

→SizeDistributiononpage166

bMakethenecessaryadjustments.

cClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

5Tochangetheshspecies:

aClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.

bClickFishSelecttoopentheFishSelectdialog.

→FishSelectonpage139

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cMakethenecessaryadjustments. dClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

Howtoadjusttheshlengthforcorrectcalculations

TheES70measuresandrecordsthetargetstrength(TS).Theresearchersatthe NorwegianInstituteforFisheryResearchhavecompiledasetofalgorithmsbasedon extensivetestingwiththevariousspecies,andtheseareusedbytheES70tocalculatethe lengthoftheshbasedonitstargetstrength.However,thetargetstrengthdiffersbetween thevariousspecies.Ifyoundoutthatthelengthoftheshyouhavecaughtdiffers fromtheinitialpresentation,youcanadjustthealgorithmsusedtocalculatethelength.

1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.

2ClickFishSelecttoopentheFishSelectdialog.

→FishSelectonpage139

3Makethenecessaryadjustments. 4ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

Note

Payspecialattentiontomackerel,asthisshhasaverylowtargetstrength.Mackerel canoftenbemistakenforsmallbait.Ifyoushformackerel,werecommendthatyou use120kHzor200kHzechosounderfrequencies,asthemackerelshowslargestecho strengthforthesefrequencies.

Howtomonitorthecurrentbiomass

ThebiomassispresentedusingtheSizeDistributioninformationpane,and/orenabling thebiomasslineintheechogrampresentation.

→Biomasslineonpage49

→Biomassinformationpaneonpage51

Informationpane 1ClicktheSizeDistributioniconontheTitleBartoopentheinformationbar.

2Tochangethesizeoftheinformationpane,clickinthebottomrightcorner,hold

themousebuttondepressed,anddrag.

3Clickonthehistogramtitlestoseetherelevantpresentations.

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Biomassline

1ClicktheActiveiconundertheMainmenutoopentheActivesub-menu.

2ClickEchogramtoopentheEchogramdialog.

→Echogramonpage158

3OntheLinestab,observethatthebiomasscanbeenabledordisabled,andthatyou

candeneascaleforit.

4Makethenecessaryadjustments.

5ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

Gain

Theseproceduresexplainhowyoucanadjustthegainintheechosounder.Thiscontrols how“powerful”theechoesareshownintheechogram.TheES70usestwoprinciples forgain;signalamplicationandtimevariedgain(TVG).

•Howtoadjustthesignalgainonpage79

•HowtoadjusttheTVGgainonpage80

Relatedtopics

•AboutTVGgainonpage205

•Aboutdynamicrangeanddisplaypresentationonpage206

Howtoadjustthesignalgain

1ObservetheGainbuttonontheMainmenu.

→Gainonpage115

2Method1:

aClick[+]or[-]tochoosegain.

3Method2:

aClickthemiddleoftheGainbutton,holdthemousebuttondepressed.

bdragthecursorleftorrighttoincreaseordecreasethegain.

4Method3canonlybeusedifyouhaveakeyboard:

aClickthemiddleoftheGainbuttontoopenthesub-menu.

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bEntertherequestedgainvaluebetween20and120.

HowtoadjusttheTVGgain

TVGmeansTimeV ariedGain.ThewholeideawithTVGisthatechoesfromshshall havethesameecholevel(colour)independentoftheirdepths.TheES70hasaTVG rangedownto15000meters,whichforallpracticalpurposesisunlimited.TheES70 doesnothaveaTVGcompensatedreceiverlikemostotherechosounders.Inthe ES70theTVGisimplementedinsoftwareaftertheechoesfromthereceiver(s)have beenconvertedtodigitalformat.Inordertomakethisworkthereceivermusthave verylargedynamicrange.

TheTVGcanbechosenusingtheEchogramdialog,orwiththeTVGbuttononthe

Activesub-menu(describedhere).

→HowtoselectTVGgainonpage73

1ClicktheActiveiconundertheMainmenutoopentheActivesub-menu.

2LocatetheTVGbutton.

3Method1:

aClick[+]or[-]tochooseTVGsetting.

4Method2:

aClickthemiddleoftheTVGbuttontoopenthesub-menu.

bClickonanyTVGsettingtoselectit.

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Powerandpulseduration

Theseproceduresexplainhowtocontroltheechosounder’soutputpowerand transmissionpulseduration.

Relatedtopics

•Aboutoutputpoweronpage207

•Aboutpulsedurationonpage207

Howtochoosepassivemode

Inordertocheckhowmuchnoisetheechosounderisreceiving,setittopassivemode. Thismeansthattheechosounderisnottransmittingsoundpulsesintothewater,it isonly“listening”.

1ClicktheOperationiconundertheMainmenutoopentheOperationsub-menu.

2ClickNormalOperationtoopentheNormalOperationdialog.

→NormalOperationonpage121

3Fortherelevanttransducerchannel,setModetoPassive.

4ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

Note

TheTestmodeisonlyprovidedfortroubleshootingandtestpurposes.

Howtochangetheoutputpower

Fromtimetotimeitmaybeusefultoreducetheechosounder’soutputpower.Areduced poweroutputmayprovebenecialifyouarelookingforsingleshesorschoolsnearthe surface,ifyouworkinveryshallowwaters,ifyouarebotheredwithfalseechoesdueto reverberation,orifyousimplyfeelthattheechoesaretoostrong.

1ClicktheOperationiconundertheMainmenutoopentheOperationsub-menu.

2ClickNormalOperationtoopentheNormalOperationdialog.

→NormalOperationonpage121

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3Fortherelevanttransducerchannel,setPower[W]torequestedvalue.

→Aboutoutputpoweronpage207

4ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

Note

Ifyouincreasetheoutputpower ,makesurethatyoudonotchoosemorepowerthanyour transducercanhandle.Withacorrectsetupwiththetransducerregisteredintheecho soundersoftwareyouaresafeguardedagainstthis.However ,ifyouuseathirdparty transducerthatisnotknownbytheechosoundersoftware,youmayinictpermanent damageifyouincreasetheoutputtobeyondthetransducer’ scapabilities.

Howtoadjustthepulseduration

Thelengthofyourtransmittedpulseisveryimportanttohowyoucandetectsh.A shortpulsedurationgivesyouaveryneverticalresolution.Thisallowsyoutodetect scatteredsh,andyoucanndthosethatmovenearthebottom.Alongpulseduration throwsalotmoreenergyintothewater,andthedigitalltersusedbythereceiverare narrower.TheselterswillreducetheES70’ssensitivityfornoise,butthelengthofthe transmittedpulsewillgiveyoustrongerechoes.Withthelters,alongerpulseduration willprovidelongerrange,butreducedverticalresolution.

1ClicktheOperationiconundertheMainmenutoopentheOperationsub-menu.

2ClickNormalOperationtoopentheNormalOperationdialog.

→NormalOperationonpage121

3Fortherelevanttransducerchannel,setPulseLengthtorequestedvalue.

Forgeneraluse,werecommendthatthepulsedurationissettoAuto.

→Aboutpulsedurationonpage207

4ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

Installation

Theseproceduresexplainhowtoinstalltransceiverunitandnewsoftwareversions.It alsoexplainshowtosetuptheexternalmotionsensor.

Howtoinstallafrequencychannel

1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.

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Onthesub-menu,clickTransceiverInstallationtoopentheTransceiverInstallation dialog.

→TransceiverInstallationonpage153

3IntheTransceiverInstallationdialog,clickBrowse.

TheES70willautomaticallysearchthenetworkforavailabletransceivers.

4Observethatavailablefrequencychannelsarelistedinthedialog.

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Eachtransceivercontainsoneormoref

r e q u e n c y c h a n n e l s .Thephraseisusedto identifythecombinationofatransceiver,transducersandthefrequenciesoffered. Splitbeamtransceiverscontainonlyonechanneleach.Theupperpartofthe

TransceiverInstallationdialogdisplaysalistoffrequencychannelswhicheitherare,

orhavebeen,installedontheES70.Foreachchannel,astatuslabelisprovided.

•Busy:Thefrequencychannelisalreadyinuse,probablybyanotherechosounder

onthesamenetwork.Youcannotconnecttothischannel.

•Installed:ThisfrequencychannelisconnectedtoyouES70system.

•Lost:Thisfrequencychannelcannotbeused.

5Selectafrequencychannelthatisavailable,andchoosethecorrecttransducerin

thespinbox.

Note

Thisisacriticaltask.Y oumustensurethatthecorrecttransducerisselected.If youconnectthetransceivertoatransducerthatcannothandlethepowerrating,it maybedamagedbeyondrepair .

6ObservethatthestatusfortherelevantfrequencychannelschangestoInstalled.

7ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

Howtodisconnectafrequencychannel

1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.

2ClickInstallationtoopentheInstallationsub-menu.

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Onthesub-menu,clickTransceiverInstallationtoopentheTransceiverInstallation dialog.

→TransceiverInstallationonpage153

3Observethatcurrentfrequencychannelsarelistedinthedialog.

Eachtransceivercontainsoneormoref

r e q u e n c y c h a n n e l s .Thephraseisusedto identifythecombinationofatransceiver,transducersandthefrequenciesoffered. Splitbeamtransceiverscontainonlyonechanneleach.Theupperpartofthe

TransceiverInstallationdialogdisplaysalistoffrequencychannelswhicheitherare,

orhavebeen,installedontheES70.Foreachchannel,astatuslabelisprovided.

•Busy:Thefrequencychannelisalreadyinuse,probablybyanotherechosounder

onthesamenetwork.Youcannotconnecttothischannel.

•Installed:ThisfrequencychannelisconnectedtoyouES70system.

•Lost:Thisfrequencychannelcannotbeused.

4Onthefrequencychannelyouwishtodisconnect,setthetransducertypetoNone.

5ObservethatthestatusfortherelevantfrequencychannelschangestoAvailable.

6ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

HowtomodifyanIPaddress

ThetransceiversareprovidedbySimradreadilysetupwithaxedEthernetaddressand anIPaddress.IfyourES70usestwotransceiverswithidenticalfrequencies,thesewill bydefaulthavedifferentEthernetaddresses,butidenticalIPaddresses.Inorderforyour systemtowork,alltransceiversmusthaveuniqueIPaddresses.

1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.

2ClickInstallationtoopentheInstallationsub-menu.

Onthesub-menu,clickTransceiverInstallationtoopentheTransceiverInstallation dialog.

→TransceiverInstallationonpage153

3Observethatthecurrentfrequencychannelsarelistedinthedialog.

4Clickonceonthefrequencychannelyouwishtomodify.

5ObservethattherelevanttransceiverparametersareshownintheTransceiver

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6Settthetransducer(s)toNone,andclickApply.

7ClickChangeIPAddresstoopentheIPAddressdialog.

Note

IfyouhavetwoEthernetcablesconnectedtoyourcomputer ,youmayneedto disconnecttheEthernetcabletotheship’ snetworkbeforetheChangeIPAddress isavailable.

8EnteranewIPaddress

Tip

ChangeonlythelastdigitintheIPaddress.

IfyoudohaveakeyboardconnectedtoyourES70system,clicktheKeyboard

buttonatthebottomofthedialogtoopenanon-screenkeyboard.

9ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

10IntheTransceiverInstallationdialog,observethattheIPaddressforthechosen

transceiverhaschanged.

11InstallthetransducersforthechannelwiththenewIPaddress.

Note

Makesurethatyouchoosethecorrecttransducer(s)!

12ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

Howtoinstallandupgradethesoftware

TheES70isinitiallydeliveredwithallnecessarysoftwareinstalledandcongured. SoftwareupgradesareusefulifyourES70fails,andyoususpectasoftwareerror.An upgradeisalsorequiredwhenevertheES70softwareismodied.

Tocheckwhichsoftwareversionyouhave,observetheAboutdialogopenedfromthe

Displaymenu.

→Aboutonpage133

ThecomputerwillautomaticallydetecttheinsertionoftheCD-ROMandopenthe installationprogram’sstart-updialog.Ifthisisnotthecase,youmustmanuallyrunthe

Setup.exeprogramontheCD-ROM’srootdirectory.

WhentheES70softwareisupgraded,thesoftwarewillautomaticallydetectthepresence oftransceiver(s),butyouwillneedtocheckthatthecorrecttransducer(s)areenabled. Whenevernewsoftwareisinstalled,youwillalsoneedtoredeneallseriallines, transducer(s)andtransceiver(s).

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Ifyouexperienceproblemsduringasoftwareupgrade,writedowntheechosounder’ s installationparameters(transducers,portsettingsetc.).Removetheechosounder softwareentirely,thenreinstallfromscratch.

HowtoinstalltheES70software

Usethisprocedureifyouneedtoinstallthesoftwareonanewcomputer.Notethat minimumhardwareandsoftwarerequirementsmustbemetbythecomputer.

1Powerupthecomputer.

2InserttheES70CD-ROM.

3Observethattheinstallationprogramopens.

Iftheinstallationprogramdoesnotstartautomatically,usealemanagertoaccess theCDfolder.Double-clickontheSetup.exeletostarttheinstallation.

4AllowtheES70installationtorun.Followtheinstructionsprovided.

5Oncetheinstallationhasbeencompleted,double-clicktheES70icononthedesktop

tostarttheapplication.

6IfyouuseWindows7operatingsystem:

aObservethatWindows7Firewallwillopenadialogrequestinginformation

aboutthenetwork.

bSelectPublic,andclickAllowaccess.

7Observethestart-upprocedureintheGettingstartedchapter.

→PowerOn/Offproceduresonpage19

HowtoobtaintheES70license

TheES70requiresavalidlicensetooperate.Withoutalicenseyouwillnotbeableto communicatewiththetransceiver.

Note

Ifyoureplaceyourcomputer ,orifyoureplacemajorcomponentsinsideyourcomputer , youwillneedanewlicensecode.

1Double-clicktheES70icononthedesktoptostarttheapplication.

2ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.

3ClickInstallationtoopentheInstallationsub-menu.

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Onthesub-menu,clickSoftwareLicensetoopentheSoftwareLicensedialog.

→SoftwareLicenseonpage156

4WritedowntheHardwareIDprovidedbytheSoftwareLicensedialog.

5Contactyourdealertoorderthesoftwarelicense.

Yourdealerwillneedthefollowinginformationfromyoutoplacetheorder:

•Vesselnameandcallsign

•Vesseltype(trawler,purseseiner,etc.)

•Vesselowner’sname,addressandcontactinformation

•Serialnumberonalltransceivers

Operationalprocedures

•HardwareID

6Whenthesoftwarelicenseisreturned,starttheES70,opentheSoftwareLicense

dialog,andclickEnterLicenceString.

7Writedownthecode,andclickOk.

8ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

HowtoupgradetheES70software

Usethisprocedureifyouwishtoreinstallthesoftware,orreceiveanewCD-ROM withasoftwareupgrade.

1Observetheprocedureforsoftwareinstallation.

Unlessyouhavemadeanyhardwarechangesonyourcomputer,theexisting softwarelicensewillbeused.

HowtoremovetheES70software

UsethisprocedureifyouneedtoremovealltheES70softwarefromthecomputer.Note thatalldataintheES70directorywillbeerased.

1Observetheoperatingsystem’sfunctionalityforsoftwareremoval.

Externalinterfaces

Thefollowinginterfacesaresetuptotransmitand/orreceiveinformationbymeans ofEthernetand/orseriallines.

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HowtosetuptheEthernetoutputinterface

TheES70cancommunicatewithanexternaldevicesthatcanbenetfromtheprocessed data.SuchdevicesincludetheOlexchartplottersystem.Thiscommunicationis controlledbytheEthernetOutputdialog.

Thefollowingtelegramsmaybeexported:

•Parameter

•Vessellog

•Navigation

•Motionsensor

•Depth

•Echogram

•Echotrace

TheinterfacewillrequiretheabsoluteidentityoftheremoteUDPportandtheremoteIP address.

ThesettingsrequiredfortheOlexsystemarespeciedintheEK500Datagramdialog description.

→EK500Datagramonpage181

Wiringprocedure

1LocatetheEthernetportyouwishtouse.

2IfnoEthernetportisavailable,anEthernetswitchmaybeinsertedbetweenthe

computerandthetransceiver.

3IfyouconnectanEthernetcabledirectlybetweentheES70computerandaremote

computer,youmustuseaEthernetcable.Ifyouconnecttheothercomputerby meansofanEthernetswitch,youmustuse“straight”Ethernetcables.

Setupprocedure

1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.

2ClickEthernetOutputtoopentheEthernetOutputdialog.

3DenetheRemotePort.

4DenetheRemoteIPAddressforthecomputeryouwishtoexporttheinformationto.

5SetCommunicationModetoBroadcast.

6IntheEthernetOutputdialog,clickEK500DatagramtoopentheEK500Datagram

dialog.

7OntheDatagramtab,denewhichdatagramsyouwishtoexport.

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8ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

HowtosetuptheSimradITIT rawlsysteminterface

CommunicationwiththeSimradITI(IntegratedTrawlInstrumentation)isbasedon NMEAandproprietarytelegrams.

Supportedtelegramformats

•DBSDepthbelowsurfaceonpage190

•DBSDepthoftrawlbelowsurfaceonpage198

•HFBTrawlheadropetofootropeandbottomonpage199

Wiringprocedureforserialcommunication

1LocateafreeRS-232serialportthatcanbeusedtoconnecttheITIsystem.

2OntheES70computer,connectthereceivesignalRxonpin2,thetransmitsignal

Txonpin3,andgroundonpin5.

3OntheITItransceiver,useconnectorSerialA.ConnectthereceivesignalRxonpin

2,thetransmitsignalTxonpin3,andgroundonpin5.

4Ensurethatthelengthofthecabledoesnotexceedapproximately50meters.Ifa

longercableisrequired,youmayneedtousebufferampliersontheserialline.

Setupprocedure

ThisprocedureexplainshowtheES70canbesetuptoreceiveITIinformationona serialport.

1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.

2ClickInstallationtoopentheInstallationsub-menu.

Onthesub-menuI/OSetuptoopentheI/OSetupdialog.

→I/OSetuponpage150

3IntheI/OSetupdialog,selectwhichseriallinetousetoacceptITIinformation.

4Clickonthechosenporttoselectit,thenclicktheInputbuttontoopentheSelect

Inputsdialog.

5IntheSelectInputsdialog,locatetheITIontheleftside,andclickthe[>]button

toconnectit.

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•ITI:ThissettingallowsyoutocommunicatewiththeSimradITIsystem.

ValuesfortrawlopeninganddistancemustbeenteredmanuallyintheTrawl dialog.

→Trawlonpage145

Thefollowingproprietarytelegramformatsaresupported:

–DBSDepthbelowsurfaceonpage190

–DBSDepthoftrawlbelowsurfaceonpage198

–HFBTrawlheadropetofootropeandbottomonpage199

6ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

7IntheI/OSetupdialog,clickonthechosenporttoselectit,thenclicktheSetup

buttontoopentheSerialSetupdialog.

8IntheSerialSetupdialog,entertherelevantparameterstosetuptheport.

9ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

10IntheI/OSetupdialog,clickonthechosenporttoselectit,thenclicktheMonitor

buttontoopenthePortMonitordialog.

Inordertomonitorthedataow,theITIsystemmustbeactiveandtransmitting informationtotheES70.

11Ifthedataowisoperational,closealldialogs.

HowtosetuptheSimradPICatchmonitoringsystem interface

CommunicationwiththeSimradPIFamilycatchmonitoringsystemsisbasedonNMEA andproprietarytelegrams.

Supportedtelegramformats

•DBSDepthbelowsurfaceonpage190

•PSIMP .DPISensordataonpage199

Wiringprocedureforserialcommunication

1LocateafreeRS-232serialportthatcanbeusedtoconnectthePIsystem.

2OntheES70computer,connectthereceivesignalRxonpin2,thetransmitsignal

Txonpin3,andgroundonpin5.

3OnPI44andPI54,useeitherconnectorNMEA1orNMEA2.Connectthereceive

signalRxonpin8,thetransmitsignalTxonpin6,andgroundonpins7and9.

4OnPI30andPI32,useconnectorNMEA.ConnectthereceivesignalRxonpin3,the

transmitsignalTxonpin1,andgroundonpins2and4.

5Ensurethatthelengthofthecabledoesnotexceedapproximately50meters.Ifa

longercableisrequired,youmayneedtousebufferampliersontheserialline.

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Setupprocedure

ThisprocedureexplainshowtheES70canbesetuptoreceivePIinformationona serialport.

1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.

2ClickInstallationtoopentheInstallationsub-menu.

Onthesub-menuI/OSetuptoopentheI/OSetupdialog.

→I/OSetuponpage150

3IntheI/OSetupdialog,selectwhichseriallinetousetoacceptPIinformation.

4Clickonthechosenporttoselectit,thenclicktheInputbuttontoopentheSelect

Inputsdialog.

5IntheSelectInputsdialog,locatethePI50ontheleftside,andclickthe[>]button

toconnectit.

•PI:ThissettingallowsyoutocommunicatewithoneoftheSimradPIsystems. Valuesfortrawlopeninganddistanceareprovidedbythesystem.Thefollowing proprietarytelegramformatsaresupported:

–DBSDepthbelowsurfaceonpage190

–PSIMP .DPISensordataonpage199

6ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

7IntheI/OSetupdialog,clickonthechosenporttoselectit,thenclicktheSetup

buttontoopentheSerialSetupdialog.

8IntheSerialSetupdialog,entertherelevantparameterstosetuptheport.

9ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

10IntheI/OSetupdialog,clickonthechosenporttoselectit,thenclicktheMonitor

buttontoopenthePortMonitordialog.

Inordertomonitorthedataow,thePIsystemmustbeactiveandtransmitting informationtotheES70.

11Ifthedataowisoperational,closealldialogs.

Howtosetupthesonarsysteminterface

Thecurrentdepthfromadenedtransceiverchannelcanbesentoutonaseriallineto asonarsystem.Y oucanonlyusetheseriallinesalreadysetuptoacceptinputfrom otherperipherals.

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Notethatthedepthinformationisnormallyalsoprovidedontheduplexinterfacesto trawlinstrumentationandcatchmonitoringsystems.

Wiringprocedure

1LocatetheRS-232serialportthatcanbeusedtoconnectthesonarsystem.

2OntheES70computer,connectthetransmitsignalTxonpin3,andgroundonpin5.

3Sonar:

•InterfaceUnit:UseoneoftheseriallineconnectorsTB1throughTB7.Connect thetransmittedsignalTxfromES70topin1,andgroundonpin5.

•ProcessorUnit:ConnectthetransmittedsignalTxfromES70topin2,and

groundonpin5.

4Ensurethatthelengthofthecabledoesnotexceedapproximately50meters.Ifa

longercableisrequired,youmayneedtousebufferampliersontheserialline.

Setupprocedure

1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.

2ClickDepthOutputtoopentheDepthOutputdialog.

3Selectwhichporttouse.

4Fortheselectedport,clickSetuptodenethecommunicationparameters.

5Selectwhichtelegramtosend.

6Ifapplicable,denetheTalkerID.

7Selectwhichtransceiverandfrequencyyouwishtoexportthedepthinformation

from.

Inmostcases,thelowestfrequencyisused.

8ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

Howtosetupthenavigationsysteminterface

MostGlobalPositioningSystem(GPS)receiversprovideNMEA0183telegrams containingspeed,headingandsaileddistanceaswellasgeographicallatitudeand longitude.

Supportedtelegramformatsforheading:

•HDGHeading,deviationandvariationonpage192

•HDTHeading,trueonpage193

•HDMHeading,magneticonpage192

•VHWWaterspeedandheadingonpage194

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Supportedtelegramformatsfordistance

•RMCRecommendedminimumspecicGNSSdataonpage193

•VHWWaterspeedandheadingonpage194

•VTGCourseoverground&groundspeedonpage194

Supportedtelegramformatsforpositioning

•GLLGeographicalpositionlatitude/longitudeonpage191

•GGAGlobalpositioningsystemxdataonpage191

•RMCRecommendedminimumspecicGNSSdataonpage193

Supportedtelegramformatsforspeed

•RMCRecommendedminimumspecicGNSSdataonpage193

•VHWWaterspeedandheadingonpage194

•VTGCourseoverground&groundspeedonpage194

Operationalprocedures

Wiringprocedureforserialcommunication

1LocateafreeRS-232serialportthatcanbeusedtoconnectthenavigationreceiver.

2OntheES70computer,connectthereceivesignalRxonpin2,andgroundonpin5.

3OntheGPSsystem,wireasdescribedintherelevantdocumentation.

4Ensurethatthelengthofthecabledoesnotexceedapproximately50meters.Ifa

longercableisrequired,youmayneedtousebufferampliersontheserialline.

Setupprocedure

1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.

2ClickNavigationtoopentheNavigationdialog.

3Foreachtab:

aSelectwhichporttouse.

bClickSetupfortheselectedporttodenethecommunicationparameters.

cSelectwhichNMEASentencetouse.

IfyouchooseAuto,theES70willautomaticallychooseamongtheincoming informationaccordingtoapredenedprioritylist.

dIfapplicable,denetheT alkerID.

4ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

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Howtosetupthemotionsensorinterface

TheES70Fishndingechosoundercanacceptinputsfrombothanalogueanddigital heavesensors.AsensorwithananalogueoutputisconnecteddirectlytotheAuxiliary connectorontheGeneralPurposeTransceiver,whileadigitalsensorisconnectedtoone oftheserialinputsusingRS-232.

Ifmorethanonetransceiverisusedbytheechosoundersystem,theanaloguesensoris connectedtoonlyoneofthem.

Supportedtelegramformats

•Sounder/TSS1Motionprotocolonpage201

•SimradEMAttitude1000onpage196

•SimradEMAttitude3000onpage197

Wiringprocedure

1LocateafreeRS-232serialportthatcanbeusedtoconnectthesensor.

2OntheES70computer,connectthereceivesignalRxonpin2,andgroundonpin5.

3Onthemotionsensor,wireasdescribedintherelevantdocumentation.

Setupprocedure

ThisprocedureexplainshowtheES70canbesetuptoreceivemotionsensorinformation onaserialport.

1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.

2ClickInstallationtoopentheInstallationsub-menu.

Onthesub-menuI/OSetuptoopentheI/OSetupdialog.

→I/OSetuponpage150

3IntheI/OSetupdialog,selectwhichseriallinetousetoacceptmotionsensor

information.

4Clickonthechosenporttoselectit,thenclicktheInputbuttontoopentheSelect

Inputsdialog.

5IntheSelectInputsdialog,locatetheAMLontheleftside,andclickthe[>]button

toconnectit.

Thissettingallowsyoutocommunicatewiththemotionsensorsystem.

Thefollowingproprietarytelegramformatsaresupported:

•Sounder/TSS1Motionprotocolonpage201

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Operationalprocedures

•SimradEMAttitude1000onpage196

•SimradEMAttitude3000onpage197

6ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

7IntheI/OSetupdialog,clickonthechosenporttoselectit,thenclicktheSetup

buttontoopentheSerialSetupdialog.

8IntheSerialSetupdialog,entertherelevantparameterstosetuptheport.

9ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

10IntheI/OSetupdialog,clickonthechosenporttoselectit,thenclicktheMonitor

buttontoopenthePortMonitordialog.

Inordertomonitorthedataow,themotionsensorsystemmustbeactiveand transmittinginformationtotheES70.

11Ifthedataowisoperational,closealldialogs.

Howtosetupthedepthoutput

TheES70Fishndingechosounderwilloutputdepthinformationonseveraldifferent formats.

Supportedtelegramformats

•DBSDepthbelowsurfaceonpage190

•DBTDepthbelowtransduceronpage190

•DPTDepthonpage190

•SimradEK500Depthonpage195

•Atlasdepthtelegramonpage203

•PSIMDHBBottomhardnessandbiomassonpage200

Wiringprocedureforserialcommunication

1LocatewhichRS-232portyouwishtouse.

2TheES70Fishndingechosounder,connectthetransmitsignalTxonpin3,and

groundonpin5.

3Ontheremotesystem,wireasdescribedintherelevantdocumentation.

4Ensurethatthelengthofthecabledoesnotexceedapproximately50meters.Ifa

longercableisrequired,youmayneedtousebufferampliersontheserialline.

Setupprocedure

1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.

2ClickDepthOutputtoopentheDepthOutputdialog.

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3Selectwhichporttouse.

4Fortheselectedport,clickSetuptodenethecommunicationparameters.

5Selectwhichtelegramtosend.

6Ifapplicable,denetheTalkerID.

7Selectwhichtransceiverandfrequencyyouwishtoexportthedepthinformation

from.

Inmostcases,thelowestfrequencyisused.

8ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

Howtosetuptheannotationinterface

TheES70Fishndingechosoundercanacceptannotation(text)inputfromanexternal system.

Supportedtelegramformats

•SimradATSAnnotationonpage202

Wiringprocedureforserialcommunication

Note

TheASCIIdatagramwiththeexternalannotationmustbeconnectedtothesameserial lineasthenavigationsystem.

1LocateafreeRS-232serialportthatcanbeusedtoconnecttheexternalsystem.

2OntheES70computer,connectthereceivesignalRxonpin2,andgroundonpin5.

3Ontheexternalsystem,wireasdescribedintherelevantdocumentation.

4Ensurethatthelengthofthecabledoesnotexceedapproximately50meters.Ifa

longercableisrequired,youmayneedtousebufferampliersontheserialline.

Setupprocedure

1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.

2ClickAnnotationstoopentheAnnotationsdialog.

3ClickPortsoselectcommunicationport.

4ClickSetupsodenethecommunicationparameters.

5ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

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Testandmaintenance

TheseproceduresareprovidedfortestandmaintenanceoftheSimradES70Fishnding echosounder.

Note

Neitherthecomputernorthetransceiver(s)containanyuserreplaceableparts.Ifyou suspectthatyoursystemisnotworkingproperly,contactyourdealerforassistance.

Receivertest

TheES70transceiverprovidesabuilt-intestsignal.Thissignalcanbeusedtocheckthat thereceiversystemisoperational.

1ClicktheDisplayiconundertheMainmenutoopentheDisplaysub-menu.

2ClickDisplayOptionstoopentheDisplayOptionsdialog.

→DisplayOptionsonpage130

3OntheT ooltiptab,verifythatScatterV alueisenabled.

4ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

5ClicktheActiveiconundertheMainmenutoopentheActivesub-menu.

6ClickEchogramtoopentheEchogramdialog.

→Echogramonpage158

7OntheEchogramtab:

aSetTVGtoPower(NoTVG)

bSetEchogramT ypetoSurface

8ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

9ClicktheOperationiconundertheMainmenutoopentheOperationsub-menu.

10ClickNormalOperationtoopentheNormalOperationdialog.

→NormalOperationonpage121

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11IntheNormalOperationdialog,setModetoTest.

12ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

13OntheMainmenu:

aSetRangeto100m

bSetGainto130

14Movethecursorovertheechointheechogram,andobservethetooltipinformation.

Foroperationalfrequenciesb

e l o w 120kHz,verifythefollowingresults:

•Split-beamGPTwithmorethan1kWoutput:–64dB±1dB

•SinglebeamGPTwith1kWoutputorless:–67dB±1dB

Foroperationalfrequenciesa

b o v e 120kHz,verifythefollowingresults:

•Split-beamGPTwithmorethan1kWoutput:–120dB±1dB

•SinglebeamGPTwith1kWoutputorless:–130dB±1dB

15Reversethisproceduretorestorenormaloperation,orselectfactorysettingsin

theUserSettingdialog.

Relatedtopics

•DisplayOptionsonpage130

•Echogramonpage158

•NormalOperationonpage121

GPTpowerrecycle

TheES70computermaybesubjectedtosuddenandunfortunateincidentsduring operation.Typicalincidentsincludepowerloss,softwarecrash,oroperatingsystem instability.Theseincidentsmaycausethecommunicationwiththetransceiverto malfunction.

1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.

2ClickInstallationtoopentheInstallationsub-menu.

Onthesub-menu,clickTransceiverInstallationtoopentheTransceiverInstallation dialog.

→TransceiverInstallationonpage153

3IntheTransceiverInstallationdialog,clickBrowseinanattempttoreconnectto

thetransceiver.

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Simrad ES70 Reference manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Tableofcontents

Aboutthismanual

SimradES70

Important

Systemoverview

Keyfacts

Mainunits

Colourdisplay

ES70MarineComputer

GeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT)

Standardsinglebeamtransducer

Split–beamtransducer

Wavepropagation

Bottomecho

Split-beamoperation

Observationrange

Gettingstarted

PowerOn/Offprocedures

Usingthetrackball

Startingnormaloperation

Howtochooseoperationalmode

Howtocheckthetransceiverandtransducersettings

Howtocheckthebottomdetectorsettings

Howtocheckthecolourscalesettings

Howtochecktheechogramsettings

Howtochecktherangesettings

Echosounderpresentations

TitleBar

Taskbar

Themenusystem

Menuhierarchy

Menubuttons

Displayviews

Displayorganisation

TitleBar

Logoandproductname

Operationbuttons

Menubutton

Screencapturebutton

Recordbutton

Informationpaneicons

Depth

Biomass

BottomHardness

ColourScale

SizeDistribution

FishPosition

EchoPosition

Zoom

History

Navigationalinformation

Geographicallocation

Vesselheading

Vesselspeed

Watertemperature

Depth

Functionbuttons

Messagebutton

Helpbutton

Minimizebutton

Resizebutton

Exitbutton

Replaybar

Mainmenu

Echograms

Surfaceechogram

Bottomechogram

Pelagicechogram

Trawlechogram

Lines,markersandannotationsintheechograms

Bottomline

Whiteline

Hardnessline

Trawlline

VariableDepthline

RangeOtherlines